Mining Complex Text, Grades 2-5

Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Graphic Organizers: Making the Complex Comprehensible How to Think About Standards Alignment How to Help Students Meet the Standards Tips for Using Graphic Organizers Dynamically How to Meet Eight Intertwined Academic Goals What Lies Ahead in This Book Chapter 2. Thinking on the Page: The Research Behind Why Graphic Organizers Work Picture This: Visuals Quicken and Deepen Text Learning General Tips: How to Use Graphic Organizers Well Tiered Organizers: Scaffold Student Progress Examples of Tiered Graphic Organizers Adapting Graphic Organizers for Tiered Learning A Sample Tiered Lesson At-a-Glance Chart of Graphic Organizers Matched to Academic Goals Chapter 3. Using Graphic Organizers to Acquire Academic Vocabulary Frayer Organizer Concept/Definition Map Word Map Chapter 4. Graphic Organizers Support Literary Text Reading and Writing Tasks Character Graphic Freytag's Pyramid Chapter 5. Graphic Organizers Support Informational Text Reading and Writing Tasks Text Search and Find Board 4-Square With a Diamond Modified KWL Tabbed Book Manipulative Chapter 6. Graphic Organizers Support Students' Reading Proficiencies Somebody-Wanted-But-So Understanding Text Structures: Five Text Types Chapter 7. Graphic Organizers Boost Questioning and Responding I-Chart and I-Guide Flip Chart Manipulative Text-Dependent Question/Response Organizer Chapter 8. Graphic Organizers Foster Reading, Forming, and Writing Opinions Six-Part Opinion Organizer Thinking Map Chapter 9. Graphic Organizers Support Collaboration Project Management Organizer Conclusion Appendix Glossary References Index

Diane Lapp, EdD, is a distinguished professor of education at San Diego State University where her work continues to be applied to schools. She is also an instructional coach and teacher at Health Sciences High & Middle College. Throughout her career, Diane has taught in elementary, middle, and high schools. Her major areas of research and instruction regard issues related to the planning and assessment of very intentional literacy instruction and learning. A member of both the California and the International Reading Halls of Fame, Diane has authored, coauthored, and edited numerous articles, columns, texts, handbooks and children's materials on instruction, assessment, and literacy related issues. Diane is the recipient of the ILA 2023 William S. Gray Citation of Merit, a prestigious award reserved for those who have made outstanding contributions to multiple facets of literacy development. Diane can be reached at lapp@sdsu.edu. Follow her on twitter @lappsdsu As a teacher for online courses hosted by the University of Central Florida, Dr. Thomas DeVere Wolsey is interested in how the interactions of students in digital and face-to-face environments change their learning. While much of his research centers on how visual information, such as graphic organizers, works in tandem with text to improve learning, he is also intrigued by the intersections of traditional literacies with digital literacies, specifically focusing on how those literacies affect teacher preparation and professional development. Dr. Karen Wood has been training literacy specialists for over 25 years at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where she is a Professor in the Department of Reading and Elementary Education. Dr. Wood is a published author and former reading teacher, reading specialist, and K-12 instructional coordinator, and much of her writing focuses on translating research and theory into classroom practice across all subjects and grade levels.