Graphic Organizers

Graphic Organizers

Listed below are a variety of graphic organizers that can be used with students in accelerating, acquiring or extending/refining learning. These tools should be used to help students engage in rigorous thinking, organize complex ideas, and scaffold their interactions with texts. They should not be used simply as worksheets or activities for their own sake.

Graphic Organizers for Acceleration, Acquisition and Vocabulary Lessons

Venn Diagram	KWL	Story Map 2	Frayer
Cycle Graph	KWL Plus	Story Pyramid	Word Map
Describing an Event	Fishbone	Story Worm	Meeting New Vocabulary
Descriptive Organizer	Story Map 1	The Important Thing	Word Bank
5 W and How	Sequence Chain	Decision Making Frame	Spider Map
Comparison Matrix	Filmstrip	T-Chart	3-2-1
Point of View	Chronological Narrative	Just the Facts	Beginning, Middle, End
Descriptive Paragraph	This Caused... Frame	Compare/Contrast Triangle	ABC Brainstorming
SQ3R	Cause and Effect	Attribute Web	Question/Prediction
Using All My Senses	Sketch to Stretch	Connections	Inferencing
Questioning	Picture in My Head	Synthesizing	Determining Importance

Graphic Organizers for Extending and Refining Thinking Skills

Abstracting	Comparing and Contrasting	Classifying and Categorizing	Constructing Support
Analyzing Perspectives	Inductive Reasoning	Deductive Reasoning	Error Analysis

Can't find an organizer to meet your needs? Check out these web sites for even more!

Library of Graphic Organizers Enchanted Learning Graphic Organizers

EdHelper Graphic Organizers More Graphic Organizers

Education Place Graphic Organizers to Print

Houghton Mifflin Eduplace Scholastic: Graphic Organizers Portal

The Write Site Education Oasis

Region 15 Graphic Organizers (English and Spanish versions)

*Material adapted from a variety of sources including Dr. Max Thompson's Learning Focused Strategies