Graphic vocabulary organizers are useful for teaching children about parts of speech, word roots, and similar ideas. They can be simple or complex, with types such as lists, Venn diagrams, and cluster organizers. These organizers help children group related ideas and compare vocabulary words in a visual way.
Graphic vocabulary organizers are a great way to teach children about different parts of speech, similar ideas and word roots. These graphic organizers can be as simple as a list or a series of built-in lists and become increasingly complex as your child’s understanding grows. Graphic organizers for younger students often take the form of a familiar object, such as a teddy bear or space rocket, while those for upper elementary students can be more abstract. Among the many types of graphic vocabulary organizers are graphical lists, Venn diagrams, and cluster organizers, which are also called webs.
Lists are the most basic type of visual organizer. Even very young children understand that a list groups together things that share something in common. Offering an organizer that contains one or more lists within a visual prompt gives young learners a sense of security because they know how many items are expected and the concept the list is exploring. For example, a graphic vocabulary organizer titled “Smells in the Garden” might contain a drawing of a large flower with five numbered petals. The student writes the name of a thing with an aroma inside each petal, for example: flower, earth, pine, fertilizer and grass.
Offering graphic vocabulary organizers with two or more individual lists helps children group related ideas. Thus, an organizer on the five senses can present a drawing of an eye, nose, mouth, ear and hand. Within each outline, the student writes the names of things that can be seen, smelled, tasted, heard, or felt. Categories are related, but words within each category belong only to that category.
A Venn diagram is a visual way to compare and compare vocabulary words. The diagram is created by drawing two or more overlapping circles. The part of each circle that does not overlap is reserved for vocabulary words distinct from that circle’s category. The overlapping area between the two circles contains words for things that are common to both circles.
For example, graphic vocabulary organizers comparing city and country life would contain a number of items found in both, such as birds, cars, and people. These words appear in the overlay. The circle labeled town might contain the words barn, cow, and chicken, while the circle labeled city might include traffic jam, subway, and museum.
A spider web looks a lot like a spider web. A central idea is written in a circle in the center of the page. The radii from the circle lead to other smaller circles, which also have radii. For example, a graphic vocabulary organizer with birds written in the center circle of ideas might contain sub-circles about types of birds such as water birds and land birds, eggs, and nests.
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