Alphaboxes

Alpha Boxes is a graphic organizer that can also be used as an instructional strategy. As a strategy it can be used before, during, or after a unit. If the strategy is used at the beginning of a unit it activates students’ prior knowledge about a topic. During the unit, students can add newly introduce vocabulary words to the organizer. Then after the unit, students can refer to their graphic organizer to get the appropriate words and stimulate their writing of the topic.