50 Graphic Organizers for the Interactive Whiteboard Whiteboard-ready graphic organizers for reading, writing, math, and more to make learning engaging and interactive by Jennifer Jacobson & Dottie Raymer Illustrated by Amy Redmond
Table of contents Introduction.... 6 Language Arts 12 Cause-Effect Contraption: Reading Comprehension... 12 Follow the Clues: Reading Comprehension... 14 Story Board: Reading Comprehension... 16 KWL: Reading Comprehension... 18 Comparing Characters: Reading Comprehension... 20 Character Chart: Reading Comprehension and Writing... 22 What s the main idea?: Reading Comprehension and Writing... 24 Editor s Checklist: Writing... 26 Building a Story: Writing.... 28 Vocabulary Quilt: Vocabulary... 30 Spelling Sort: Spelling... 32 SOCIAL STUDIES 34 Map It Out: Geography.... 34 On the Road to the Future: History... 36 Window Frames: History, Geography... 38 Coat of Arms: History, Geography... 40 Climbing the Mountain: History, Government.... 42 River Flow Chart: History, Government... 44 Cause-and-Effects Tree: History, Government... 46 Hear Ye! Hear Ye!: History, Geography, Government... 48 ORGANIZING Power: History, Geography, Government... 50 Shoot for the Circles: History, Geography, Government.... 52
SCIENCE 54 Matrix: Classification... 54 Sort and Classify: Classification... 56 Observation Diary: Investigation......................................... 58 Focus on a Cycle: Investigation.......................................... 60 Weather Watcher: Investigation... 62 Inventing Inventions: Investigation... 64 The Scientific Method: Investigation.... 66 Plan Your Science Fair Project: Investigation... 68 Compare and Contrast: Knowledge and Research... 70 Famous Scientist: Knowledge and Research... 72 Mathematics 74 Go for the Goal!: Computation... 74 Puzzle Pieces: Numeration and Computation... 76 Number Soup: Number Sense... 78 Make a Number: Number Sense... 80 Balancing Act: Number Sense, Measurement.... 82 Pieces of the Pie: Organizing Data.... 84 Graph It!: Organizing Data.... 86 Robot Rules: Patterns and Functions... 88 Star Solver: Problem Solving... 90 Study Skills 92 Push Toward Learning: Assessment... 92 Student Self-Assessment: Assessment.... 94 My Portfolio: Assessment.... 96 Project Planning Pyramids: Planning... 98 Homework Machine: Planning... 100 Test Ahead!: Test Preparation... 102 Many Hands Make Light Work: Group Learning... 104 Plan, Practice, and Present: Oral Reports... 106 Interviewing Guide: Interviewing... 108 Reading Record: Record Keeping... 110
Language Arts Reading comprehension Cause-Effect Contraption Skills Students will: identify causes and effects within stories analyze causal relationships recognize consequences of characters actions Purpose Identifying cause and effect relationships within a story helps students focus on two important elements of comprehension: what happened in the story, and why it happened. Looking for causes and their effects gives students an opportunity to look carefully at the consequences of characters actions and to think about how different actions might have different effects. How to Use the Organizer Introduce the Cause-Effect Contraption. Point out that in each machine the marble rolling down the tube is about to cause something to happen. Ask what the effect of the rolling marble will be. (The dominoes will be knocked over.) Explain that in stories, what happens is often the effect of an action or event and why it happened is the event s cause. Suggest students choose a character s action from a story and write a brief description of the action in the space labeled Cause. Then ask them to think about the results of that action and record the consequences under Effect. In some cases, students may find it easier first to describe an event or action under Effect and then record why the event happened under Cause. Be sure to point out that one cause may have a number of different effects and that one effect may have many different causes. Examples Primary Grades After reading Jiro s Pearl by Daniel Powers, secondgrade students worked in small groups to identify two important actions taken by the main character. By recording the actions and the results of those actions, they were able to see that a character s actions can have either positive or negative effects. Intermediate Grades While reading Avi s Nothing But the Truth, a sixthgrade class discussed the causes of Phillip s suspension from school and the subsequent national uproar. Students recorded a number of possible causes for each event so that they could better analyze the events and come up with their own versions of the truth. 12
Name: Date: Book Title: Author: Put each Cause-Effect Contraption into action. Write a cause inside the box of marbles. Write its effect within the ring of dominoes.
Language Arts Reading comprehension Follow the Clues Skills Students will: predict the outcome of a story identify clues leading to an outcome draw conclusions based on clues in a story Purpose Making and then confirming or revising predictions helps readers to stay fully engaged in a story. As readers develop this skill, they use clues from the story and their own lives to predict how characters will behave and how key problems in the story will be solved. This organizer helps students identify clues in a story that will help them make reasonable predictions. How to Use the Organizer Introduce the Follow the Clues organizer by asking how detectives go about solving mysteries. (They look for clues and draw conclusions from the clues.) Discuss how readers also use clues to help them make sense of what they are reading. Encourage students to predict how a story they are currently reading will end or how a major problem in the story will be solved. Suggest that they write their predictions on the door labeled prediction. As students read, encourage them to record clues that either support or refute their prediction. If necessary, allow students to revise their predictions to reflect the clues they have found in the text. Examples Primary Grades While reading Ira Sleeps Over aloud, a first-grade teacher asked her students to predict whether or not Ira would want to take his teddy bear on a sleepover. As she read the story aloud, she asked students to suggest clues from the book that helped them make their predictions. Intermediate Grades A fourth grader chose Stone Fox as an independent reading book. During reading conferences, the teacher asked him to predict the ending of the story. The student then completed the graphic organizer by filling in clues as he read. After he finished the book, he reviewed the clues and evaluated his prediction with the teacher. 14
Name: Date: Book Title: Author: Follow the Clues Can you predict what will happen next? Write the clues on the footsteps. Then write your prediction on the door. Clue Clue Prediction Clue