List of all graphic organizers for Elementary Cycle 2

A graphic organizer 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. Click here for more information about using graphic organizers.

These graphic organizers were adapted for the ERC program by Natalie Knott and Craig Bullett from LEARN's Focus - Elementary series.

• Before & After
• Big & Little Questions
• Compare and Contrast
• Conducting an Interview
• Detailed Timeline
  
• Point-Form Timeline
• Point of View (Before/After)
• Pros & Cons
• Reflecting on my Learning
• Reflecting on the ME in WE
• Research Plan part 1
• Research Plan part 2
  
• Short Answer Questionnaire
• What should we do? (Ethical Issue)
• Yes No Questionnaire

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Before & After

This tool enables learners to organize their ideas in the context of a narration, conversation, discussion, deliberation and interview. They can examine their preferences, perceptions, feelings or ideas about a subject by using different colors to distinguish prior knowledge from their new understanding.

Competency 3 - Key feature:  Organizes his/her thinking

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Big & Little Questions

This tool enables learners to organize their ideas in the context of a narration, conversation, discussion, deliberation and interview by developing skills in questioning that will foster dialogue.

Competency 3 - Key Feature: Interacts with others

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Compare and Contrast

This tool is to help learners become aware of the religious heritage in their environment and make simple connections between cultural references and the religion associated with them.  These connections include:
Sacred writings, spiritual guides, and their traditions.  Various religious expression and the Social/Cultural environment.

  Competency 2 - Key Features:
                                            Explores forms of religious expression.
                                            Makes connections between forms of religious expression and the social cultural environment.

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Conducting an Interview 

This tool enables learners to organize their ideas for an interview by converting what they need to know into a question that will help obtain the needed information.

Competency 3 - Key Features: Organizes his/her thinking.
                                                                    Interacts with others.
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Detailed Timeline

This tool is to help learners become aware of the religious heritage in their environment and make simple connections between cultural references and the religion associated with them. The timeline can be used to help provide a sequence for stories about the origin of the world, artistic and community works, and cultural events influenced by religion.  The timeline can also be sequenced by seasons instead of a dated calendar.

Competency 2 - Key Feature:  Explores forms of religious expression.

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Point-Form Timeline

This tool is the same as the Detailed Timeline but provides differentiation for learners who benefit from less writing and more drawing/illustrating.

Competency 2 - Key Feature:  Explores forms of religious expression.

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Point of View (Before & After)

This tool is to expose learners to different ways of examining judgments that form the basis for developing a point of view.  Learners can question ideas and reasons about the demands of society life to help recognize judgments of preference, prescription and reality.
Competency 1 - Key Feature: Examines several cultural/moral/religious/scientific/social references

*This tool has generic qualities for use across all competencies!

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Pros & Cons 

This tool is intended for learners to explore group life and to list/illustrate the advantages/disadvantages of it , the behaviours and attitudes that contribute/hinder, or the conditions that foster/detract the well-being of each member.

Competency 1 - Key feature: Evaluates options or possible actions.

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Reflecting on my Learning

This tool provides a structure for learners to reflect on what they have learned regarding an ethical or religious topic.   Learners can examine their preferences, perceptions, feelings or ideas about their learning on a variety of subjects.

Competency 3 - Key Feature: Organizes his/her thinking.

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Reflecting on the ME in WE
 

This tool is to explore the diversity of relationships in the development of the learners’ personal identity and the groups to which they belong.

Competency 1 - Key Feature: Identifies a situation from an ethical point of view.

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Research Plan - Part 1 & 2

This is a tool to help learners in planning research related to any Ethics or Religion topic.  This tool includes activities for brainstorming, resource development, information organization, and sharing what was learned.

  Competency 3 - Key Feature: Develops a point of view.

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Short Answer Questionnaire

This tool is for learners to use in an interview when formulating ethical questions.  They can also use it to recognize references present in different points of view.

Competency 1 - Key Feature: Examines several cultural, moral, religious, scientific or social references.

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What should we do? (Ethical Issue)

This tool is to help learners become aware of the diversity of interpersonal relationships as well as values and norms that foster community life.  This tool can be applied to any current ethical issue that reflects human behaviours, attitudes, values, norms, roles and responsibilities related to group life.

Competency 1 - Key Features: Evaluates options or possible actions.

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Yes-No Questionnaire

This tool enables learners to create questions regarding any subject pertaining to the 3 competencies (Ethics, Religion, and Dialogue)  Themes to explore include:

            Interpersonal relationships and the demands of group life.
            Religious practices and forms of religious expression.
            Conditions that foster dialogue and developing a point of view

Competency 1
Competency 2
Competency 3

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