Use Graphic Organizers
Graphic organizers are especially useful when focusing on differentiation, but they're a great tool to teach students how to organize topics.
There are the basic organizers:
- Flow Chart - where the information stems from one or two main topics and may connect to one another.
- Web Chart - where the information spreads from one main topic and may not connect with one another (can be known as a cluster web)
- Venn Diagram - where the information overlaps in areas
- Table - where information is set under a few main ideas/topics
As a math (and science) teacher, I've used those four, but have been exposed to others.
This website provides many examples and blank templates for a variety of graphic organizers. And, as it's through Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (which seems to own every single textbook ever created due to company mergers and buying out others - because they're linked to Holt McDougal [Littell/ Larson]), they're a great resource to keep.
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