Fold This! Cut That!Using Folded Graphic Organizers in Science

Kelli Gobel7th Grade ScienceMelissa ISDkgobel@melissaisd.org

Alissa RoyalK-8 Engineering Coordinator

Melissa ISDaroyal@melissaisd.org

Why Use Folded Graphic Organizers in

Science

Quickly organize, display, arrange

data

Easier to grasp concepts, theories,

processes, facts, ideas

Creative formats

Vocabulary development

Meets multiple intelligences

Replaces teacher-generated writing with

student-generated print

Used to communi-cate

ideas

Alternative assessments

Integration across content areas

Provides sense of student ownership

• increases willingness to read by 80%

• Increases retention by 75%

Col

or

“A picture is worth a

thousand words.”

Pictures & Symbols

WordsVS.

Refle

ction

“After talking today, I’m thinking….”

“A new thought I have is ...”

Resources• Dinah Zike’s FoldablesFoldables, Notebook Foldables, VKVs for Spelling and Vocabulary Pre-K-3rd , Big Book of Science, Notebook Foldables for Spirals, Binders, and Composition Notebooks

• Robin Fogarty’sBrain-Compatible Classrooms, Third Edition

• Robert Marzano’sClassroom Instruction that Works

• Enchanted Learningwww.enchantedlearning.com