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Foldables are 3D graphic organizers that students create out of paper to organize information. Research shows that foldables help students focus on text structure, represent relationships in text visually, and write well-organized summaries. Foldables also actively engage students in the learning process. The document outlines different types of foldables like hamburgers, hot dogs, tacos, and their uses. It emphasizes modeling foldable creation for students and using them for instruction, guided practice, assessment, and independent student work.

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Foldables

Foldables are 3D graphic organizers that students create out of paper to organize information. Research shows that foldables help students focus on text structure, represent relationships in text visually, and write well-organized summaries. Foldables also actively engage students in the learning process. The document outlines different types of foldables like hamburgers, hot dogs, tacos, and their uses. It emphasizes modeling foldable creation for students and using them for instruction, guided practice, assessment, and independent student work.

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IDEAS

Summer
Academy
Professional
Development
Using
Foldables
to Enhance
Student
Achievement
Presented by Lora Drum
What are foldables?
9 3 dimensional interactive
graphic organizers that
students create

9 Can be used as a self-check


study guide

9 Can be used at any level and


with any subject area

9 Learning/Assessment tools
Why use foldables?
9 Fun & motivating, hands-on
approach
9 As a study guide
9 Note taking to help organize
information
9 Reach all learners
9 Students retain information
9 Alternative assessments
9 Replace the use of
worksheets/reduce copy counts
9 Projects
9 Integration of subject areas
9 Improve student note-taking skills
9 Hold students accountable
When do we use
foldables?
9 Introducing new vocabulary
words
9 Introducing a new skill, topic,
or concept
9 Before a chapter, lesson, story,
etc.
9 During the lesson
9 After completing the chapter,
lesson, story, etc.
9 Guided Instruction or Guided
Reading
9 Writing process
9 Review
9 Anytime- daily
of input to the human brain
is visual
And the research
says…
• Graphic organizers (such as foldables) can:

- help students focus on text structure as they read

- provide tools used to visually represent relationships


in text

- help students write well-organized summaries of text


(Put Reading First: The Research Building Blocks for
Teaching Children to Read)

- Students are actively engaged in the instructional


process and learning as they create foldables
Classroom Instruction That Works: Research Based
Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement by
Robert Marzano strategies are integrated
(identification of similarities & differences,
summarizing & note-taking, nonlinguistic
representations, questions, cues, and advanced
organizers, etc.)
• Note Taking research…

- Effective note taking can make the


difference between passing and failing ( Hughes
& Suritsky, 1994)

- Independent note taking increases active


participation in the learning process, leading to
improvement in memory of information ( Ruhl &
Suritsky, 1995)

- Listening and then receiving notes is not as


effective as taking one’s own notes. (Carrier,
1983; Hartley, 1983; Katayama & Robinson,
2000)

- Graphically organized notes teach more than


just the facts as they increase student
involvement with the information, increasing
higher order thinking (Robinson et. al., 1998)

- Students had a 34 percentile gain when


taught how to summarize information and take
effective notes.
(Robert J. Marzano, Classroom Strategies that
Work)
How should we use
foldables?
• Teacher directed, modeling

• Guided practice

• Alternative assessments

• Independent practice-
students create own
folds/projects
Basic Folds &
Terminology

Hamburger
Hotdog
Taco
Burrito
Valley
Mountain
Shutter
Accordion
Hamburger
• Fold a rectangular piece
of paper in half along
the long side
Hamburger Fold
Options
Two Door Books
Three Door
Books
Matchbooks
Hot Dog
• Fold a rectangular piece
of paper in half along the
shorter side
Hot Dog Fold Options
Trifold Books
Tables and Charts
Taco
• Fold the corner of a
sheet of paper over to
create a triangle. Trim
any excess.
Envelope Folds
Burrito

• A burrito fold rolls the


page up (similar to
hotdog fold) but without
creating a crease in the
paper.
Shutter
• Begin as if you were going to
make a hamburger but instead
of the creasing the paper, pinch
it to show the midpoint.

• Fold the outer edges of the


paper to meet at the pinch, or
mid-point, forming a shutter
fold.
Basic Shutter Fold
Shutter Fold Options
Accordion
• Fold each sheet of paper into
hamburgers. However, fold
one side one half inch shorter
than the other side. This will
form a tab that is one half
inch long.
• Fold the tab the opposite way.
• Glue together to form an
accordion by gluing a straight
edge of one section into the
valley of another section.
Accordion Fold Options
Layered Look Books
Venn Diagrams
Assessment Tools
9 rubrics
9 tests based on information
9 writing samples
9 journals
9 oral questioning
Secret to
Success:
Model,
Model,
Model
Good luck and Make a big
splash with foldables…

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