Let's Get Organized!

I LOVE using graphic organizers for a variety of things no matter what grade I teach.

I think once you start using them you’ll enjoy them too.  In this particular packet I’ve designed an easy-to-use 3 and 4-column graphic organizer.

There are some for every month, season and a huge variety of themes.

Click on the link to view/download the Themed Graphic Organizer Packet.

I also made up another 44- page packet with a variety of DIFFERENT kinds of graphic organizers; from stars and a question mark to a fish bone and butterfly; I’m sure you’ll find something here that will fit your needs.

Many of these will help you with a variety of Common Core State Standards for Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grades.

As I've stated in a previous article, I work a little each day adding CCSS codes to the items in my shopping cart, to help you find lessons that specifically correlate to them.

If you are downloading, or have downloaded an item that fits a CCSS, would you please drop me an e-mail to help expedite this big process.  Thanks!

With that in mind, I included 2 student dictionary's that they can make, that will help with a Language Vocabulary Acquisition Common Core State Standard.

Click on the link to view/download the general General Graphic Organizer Packet.

Graphic Organizers are visual displays that are used to depict the relationships between facts, terms and/or ideas in a learning task.

They are also called mind maps, concept maps, story maps, concept diagrams & entity relationship charts.

They are a pictorial way of constructing knowledge that help organize information.

They help students compress a lot of information into an easy-to-understand graphic display.

The visual display conveys complex information in an easy-to-read manner.

A calendar is actually a graphic organizer, perhaps the original “series of events” organizer.

Graphic organizers can be used for a variety of things, including problem solving, studying, brainstorming, and decision-making, writing projects, and planning research.

Colors and pictures help increase the utility and readability of your visual display.

There are many types of graphic organizers. The task you need to perform, determines the type of graphic organizer you should use.

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I hope you can drop in tomorrow for more back to school ideas.

“When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this—you haven’t.” –Thomas Edison