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According to our textbook titled Reading and Learning to Read graphic organizers and
organizers essentially prepare students for ideas to be encountered in reading. Utilizing a graphic
organizer will help students link what they know to what they will learn (Vacca et al., 2018). The
definition of a graphic organizer is “any diagram of key concepts or main ideas that shows their
relationships to each other” (Vacca et al., 2018).
There are multiple benefits to using graphic organizers for informational texts in science.
The first benefit of a graphic organizer is that it can help highlight key concepts and the main
ideas of a text. Graphic organizers can help navigate students as they learn how to sort through
complex and difficult text. This is a benefit that not only helps young students but older students
as well. Graphic organizers can help students visualize and sequence information that they have
learned. Lastly, Kristina Condidorio a student who attended St. John Fisher College published a
journal titled The Usefulness of Graphic Organizers in Enhancing Science. She states in her
essay that graphic organizers help facilitate “student learning and independence are increased,
essentially, they are more prepared to practice those skills independently throughout life”
(Condidorio, 2010).
A topic from science that I found which spans the K-8 curriculum states that “the student
will demonstrate an understanding of scientific reasoning, logic, and the nature of science by
planning and conducting investigations” (VDOE, 2010). This is a topic that each grade level K-8
needs to master. According to a scholarly article titled Does Self-generating a Graphic
Organizer While Reading Improve Students Learning, they ask the question can you learn from
utilizing graphic organizers. I believe you can, but for students to truly learn, they must work on
the graphic organizer while reading the corresponding text. The article states that “for them to be
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useful graphic organizers need to be effectively processed by students during learning” (Colliot
& Jamet, 2018).
Graphic organizers can be used in primary grades when learning about beginning,
middle, and end. After the teacher reads a book aloud, the students will make their own graphic
organizers where they will draw pictures to determine what happened at the beginning of the
story, middle, and end. Graphic organizers can be used in elementary grades to essentially
differentiate. Utilizing a graphic organizer will be great for reading comprehension and reading
strategies. While reading a scientific book or article, elementary students will follow along with
their graphic organizer’s main idea and details worksheet. As they read the book, they will fill in
the worksheet. Lastly, graphic organizers can also be used for middle grades. They can utilize
organizers with a bit more difficulty. After learning about a variety of animals students can
research an animal of their choice. While conducting research on the animal of their choice
students will fill out or make a graphic organizer with important information about the animal.
Appendix
Supplementary Materials
Primary:
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Primary Informational Science Text: National Geographic Kids: Penguins
Questions:
- Literal: What happens in the beginning, middle, and end of the book?
- Inferential: Why do Penguins live in Antarctica?
- Evaluative: Are there many types of penguins? Yes or no, explain.
Handout:
Elementary:
Elementary Informational Science Text: What If You Had an Animal Tongue?
Questions:
- Literal: What is the main idea of this book?
- Inferential: Describe a Komodo Dragons tongue.
- Evaluative: Why do animals have different type of tongues?
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Handout:
Middle:
Middle Informational Science Text: Shiloh
Questions:
-Literal: Who was Shiloh?
- Inferential: How does finding Shiloh change Marty’s opinion about the
way all animals should be treated?
-Evaluative: Do you have a special pet like Shiloh?
Handout:
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References
(2010).FScience. VDOE: English Standards of Learning Resources.
https://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/standards_docs/science/2010/k-6/
stds_sciencek.pdf
Colliot, T., & Jamet, É. (2018). Does self-generating a graphic organizer while reading improve
students' learning?FComputers & Education,F126, 13–22.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2018.06.028F
Condidorio, K. (2010).FThe Usefulness of Graphic Organizers in Enhancing Science.
https://fisherpub.sjfc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?
article=1110&context=education_ETD_masters
Vacca J. A. L., Vacca R. T., Gove M. K., Burkey L. C., Lenhart L. A., & Mck C. A.
(2018).FReading & Learning to Read. [Liberty University Online Bookshelf].
https://libertyonline.vitalsource.com/#/books/9780134447797/
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