Reading Graphic Organizers
Graphic organizers can support all subject areas, languages, and levels of learning. Our collections for primary (grades K-2) and intermediate (grades 3-6) are arranged according to the reading strategy, comprehension skill, or learning process they best facilitate. The majority of the organizers in both collections can be adapted for use in all classrooms and for learners of all abilities. All graphic organizer PDFs are editable for use in a digital classroom environment, or downloadable and printable so students can complete them using pen or pencil.
Reading Strategy
Ask and Answer Questions
Condense and categorize questions and answers about a subject
Concept Flower
Condense and organize information about a single topic
Draw Connections
Outline self-to-text relationships
KWL Chart
Organize information according to what students know, what they want to know, and what they learn from reading a select text
KWLS Chart
Organize information according to what students know, what they want to know, what they learn through reading, and what they still want to know
Retell Chart
Record important information about a story to improve textual understanding
Web Diagram
Condense and organize information about a single topic
Web Wheel
Condense and organize information about a single topic
Y-Chart
Record prior knowledge about a topicReading Comprehension Skill
Cause and Effect
Outline cause-and-effect relationships
Character Flower
Record the characters, setting, problem, events, and solution
Character Map
Analyze a character's traits
Character Traits Wheel
Analyze a character or person
Draw Conclusions
Use information from text to draw conclusions about characters or events
Fact and Opinion Chart
Distinguish between facts and opinions
Fantasy and Reality
Separate elements of reality from elements of fantasy
Main Idea and Details E-Chart
Identify a main idea and two supporting details
Main Idea and Details Ladder
Condense and organize details about a single topic
Make Inferences
Use information from text to make inferences about characters or events
Problem and Solution
Identify the problem and solution
Sequence Events Chart
Identify the beginning, middle, and end
Sequence Events Chart II
Identify what happens first, next, then, and last
Story Elements Map
Identify the problem, rising action, climax, falling action, and solution
Story Map
Identify the characters, setting, problem, events, and solution
Summary Chart
Identify important ideas in text to write a summary
Timeline
List events in chronological order
Topic Web
Condense and organize information by identifying why, who, what, when, and where
Venn Diagram
Compare and contrast two items or topicsVocabulary
Word Meaning Map I
Record and define elements of a word
