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GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS IN ERC

What is a graphic organizer?

A graphic organizer (G.O.) is a visual learning tool that helps students and teachers organize their thoughts, either alone or in a group. A graphic organizer visually chunks a task into manageable segments or steps, guiding a student to think-through each step in the process. 

Graphic organizers can be content specific, such as writing graphic organizers or more general such as planning or teamwork graphic organizers.  The key to supporting differentiated learning processes is to purposefully select graphic organizers that meet the needs of each learner. The end goal of a graphic organizers is to work itself out of a job! Once students begin to appropriate a learning process, they no longer need the support of an organizer.

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