It Says, I Say, And So Graphic Organizer

It Says, I Say, And So Graphic Organizer

“It Says – I Say – And so…” is a good
example of a graphic organizer that allows students to visualize the steps in
making an inference. Initially, students respond to a question that can only be
answered by inference, even though the question is about a particular reading
or text (Beers, 2003). 

1.  First the students have to find out what the reading says. 
2.  Next they find information from the text that will help answer the
question.
3.  Then they add, in their own words, their thoughts about what the
reading says.
4.  Finally, the students combine what the reading says and their
thoughts to answer the question and thus create new meaning—the
inference. Click here for an example