Graphic Organizers-Wordle

Wordle, a graphic organizer, allows students to generate "word clouds" from entered text.  The more often a word is entered, the larger it appears in the word cloud.  After typing in a variety of words, students can experiment with font, color scheme and word designs.  For a library lesson on fairy tales, we had first grade students type in key words about Cinderella.  Although many students chose the same words, their wordle were unique due to the ability to play with the color, font and format.  They loved the lesson!   We printed the wordles to add to their fairy tale journals.  A word to the wise, if you need to save ink, don't allow them to chose layouts with black backgrounds if you are printing!