Target: Teaching students in 4th grade how to read flowcharts

[Buffy Hamilton <buffyh@MINDSPRING.COM>]

I have had a 4th grade teacher ask me to teach her students how to read flowcharts, 
especially those you might find in science or social studies.  It seems this is an 
area on the ITBS that they want to target.

Do you have any ideas for finding materials that would be useful for teaching this 
skill and/or ideas on how to tie it in to literature?  I hate to teach something in 
isolation.  They will be doing units on colonial times/pilgrims/Indians, and I was 
thinking perhaps I could have them create one in Inspiration or give them a 
template to have them create their own after doing a mini-lesson on them.

I am new, and I appreciate any advice you may have!  Thank you!

Buffy Hamilton
Buffington Elementary
Canton, GA
bhamilton@cherokee.k12.ga.us

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