Please Note:
This page is from a conference held in 2004
See Carol's updated website for up-to-date information, links, downloads, and how-to's
Sites on the WEB that offer documents to download:
Graphic Organizers:
Education Place Graphic Organizers, by Houghton Mifflin
Find Graphic Organizers at the Library of Congress:
The Library's Primary Source Analysis Tool is a graphic organizer that helps students closely examine and analyze any kind of primary source – whether it be a photo, map, movie, manuscript, or sound recording – and record their responses in a way that helps them build understanding.
The Teacher's Guides and Analysis Tool is a collection of resources that can help teachers and students use primary sources in the classroom. The guides include lesson plans, activities, and graphic organizers.
The Classroom Materials section of the Library's website has a variety of resources for teachers, including graphic organizers, lesson plans, and activities.
The Library's blog has a number of posts that discuss the use of graphic organizers in the classroom.
The Library's social media accounts often share graphic organizers and other resources for teachers and students.
"Teaching with the Library of Congress" - a blog that includes posts about using graphic organizers in the classroom.
The Library of Congress has a number of online exhibits that include graphic organizers. For example, the exhibit "The Evolution of the Book" includes a graphic organizer that students can use to analyze the development of the book over time.
The Library of Congress also has a number of online courses that include graphic organizers. For example, the course "Introduction to Primary Sources" includes a graphic organizer that students can use to analyze primary sources.
Rubrics:
Additional Information For Online Rubrics:
Rubric Maker is a free online tool that allows teachers to create rubrics in minutes. The tool has a variety of templates and features that make it easy to create rubrics for any subject or grade level. One of the templates is specifically for oral presentations.
RubiStar is another free online tool that allows teachers to create rubrics. The tool has a variety of features that make it easy to create rubrics, including the ability to add criteria, levels of performance, and feedback. One of the rubrics that is available is for oral presentations.
Rubric Builder is a free online tool that allows teachers to create rubrics. The tool has a variety of templates and features that make it easy to create rubrics, including the ability to add criteria, levels of performance, and examples. One of the templates that is available is for oral presentations.
iRubric is a free online tool that allows teachers to create rubrics. The tool has a variety of features that make it easy to create rubrics, including the ability to add criteria, levels of performance, and feedback. One of the rubrics that is available is for oral presentations.
Edutopia is a website that offers a variety of resources for teachers, including rubrics. The website has a variety of rubrics that teachers can use for different subjects and grade levels. One of the rubrics that is available is for oral presentations.
Teacher Productivity:
K12 Academics - free lesson plans, activities, and resources for teachers (see below)
PBS Learning Media - free lesson plans, videos, and resources for teachers (see below)
Teacher's Notebook - free lesson plans, videos, and resources for teachers (see below)
Education World - Technology in the Classroom - archives, resources, templates, & technology tools
Curriculum Corner - high quality, free resources for classroom teachers
Additional Information For Teacher Productivity:
Teachers Pay Teachers is a website where teachers can buy and sell lesson plans, activities, and other teaching resources. There are lesson plans for all subjects and grade levels, and many of them are free.
K12 Academics is a website that offers free lesson plans, activities, and other resources for teachers. The lesson plans are aligned with state standards, and they are organized by subject and grade level.
The Teacher's Notebook is a website that offers free lesson plans, activities, and other resources for teachers. The lesson plans are aligned with Common Core State Standards, and they are organized by subject and grade level.
PBS LearningMedia is a website that offers free lesson plans, videos, and other resources for teachers. The lesson plans are aligned with state standards, and they are organized by subject and grade level.
Scholastic is a company that publishes educational materials for children. They offer free lesson plans, activities, and other resources for teachers on their website. The lesson plans are aligned with Common Core State Standards, and they are organized by subject and grade level.
Trello is a project management tool that helps teachers organize their work and stay on track.
Google Calendar is a calendaring app that helps teachers keep track of their appointments and deadlines.
Evernote is a note-taking app that helps teachers keep track of their ideas and resources.
To-doist is a to-do list app that helps teachers stay organized and on top of their tasks.
PlannerPad is a lesson planning tool that helps teachers create and organize their lessons.
ClassDojo is a communication and behavior management tool that helps teachers connect with their students and parents.
Classcraft is a game-based learning platform that helps teachers engage their students and make learning fun.
Nearpod is a interactive whiteboard platform that helps teachers create and deliver engaging lessons.
Flipgrid is a video discussion platform that helps teachers create and share video lessons and discussions with their students.
Schoology is a learning management system that helps teachers create and deliver online courses.
Documents on this page to download:
Graphic Organizers - PDF Format:
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Anticipation Reaction - Assess Prior Knowledge of a Topic
Cause/Effect - Chronological Order
Clustering - Generates Ideas Around a Word
Compare and Contrast- Show Similarities and Differences
Conceptual Organizer- Categories with Supporting Facts
Cyclical Organizer - Continuous Sequence of Events
Family Tree - How Family Members Are Related
Fish bone Map - Causal Interactions of Events
Hierarchical - Main Concepts and Subconcepts
KWLH Technique - Group Instruction Activity for Using Prior Knowledge While Reading
Overlapping Concept - Organizer for Comparing and Contrasting
Problem/Solution - Identify Problem and Consider Different Solutions
Sequential Organizer - Arrange in Chronological Order
Spider Map - Organize Ideas and Brainstorm
Venn Diagram # 1- Similarities and Differences
Venn Diagram # 2- Similarities and Differences
Rubrics:
You can download the PDF files, or open them in Google Docs (if you are signed into a Google account).
(in progress)
Excerpts from Carol LaRow's conference presentation:
(File to be placed here; summarizes presentation at conference)
Please note: Documents on this page are from different sources. Some of them are copyrighted and should not be used without the permission of the author. Because they are intended for educational / instructional purposes only, they have been included on this site. They are included as resources for educators. Some of the documents are from official state education sites, and are available for general use. If any documents were taken from a copyrighted website, credit was given to the author at the bottom of each document. Some documents were taken from sites that encouraged sharing among other educators and/ or teachers in training.