Your ultimate goal for student use of graphic organizers is that they are able to independently determine which graphic organizer to use to help them and to use the graphic organizer they select appropriately to deepen their understanding and make how they demonstrate their understanding better.
Ideas for helping students learn how to independently select and use graphic organizers:
- Laminate graphic organizers and have students use erasable markers
- Store graphic organizers in a smart board file or in a computer application
- Provide templates of graphic organizers to students for them to copy on their own paper.
