Strategy+5+-+Organizers,+Maps,+Webs

Strategy 5 - Graphic Organizers, Semantic Maps and Word Webs

The big idea from this chapter was to construct graphic organizers together. Students should copy while teacher creates and completes organizer on the board.

And, I love this idea!!! - - Use a "web" to show as many ways a number can be represented. I've done this with multiplication facts, and have been pleasantly surprised at how well it works! I write the product in the center circle (ex: 12), and then I draw the corresponding number of circles around it. I ask my kiddos to find every possible combination of whole numbers to multiply together to get the product. At first, it took my kids a long time to accomplish such a task, but over time, they've gotten much quicker.

Now, I don't draw all the circles around the product. Instead, I expect my kids to determine each combination. Additionally, I ask them to explain how they know they've found //every// possible combination. Often, that's more of a challenge than finding all the factors!