Here are 15 graphic organizers that can be used for many different subject areas and grade levels. Feel free to make a copy of any of them and adapt them for your own use: ( Ditch That Textbook by Matt Miller)
Venn diagram: Lets students write similarities and differences on a topic. KWL: Lets students list: what I know, what I want to know, what I have learned. Timeline: Lets students plot dates and events over a specified time period. Evaluation: Lets students identify criteria, explain whether it was successful and why, and provide evidence. Cause and effect chain: Lets students identify actions that caused other actions and their effects. Fishbone planner: Lets students list advantages and disadvantages of a topic. Word web / semantic map: Lets students branch ideas out from a main topic into subtopics. Flow chart: Lets students display the linear relationship among several things. Hexagonal thinking: Lets students connect ideas with multiple contact points. I first learned about hexagonal thinking at Google Teacher Academy in Austin, Texas, in December 2014. Character map: Lets students list important information about a character, like what the character says and what the student thinks of the character. Cornell note-taking: Lets students list main points and evidence, details and location. Plot diagram: Lets students show how a plot builds, climaxes and resolves. Vocabulary cluster: Lets students identify synonyms, antonyms and related words to a specific word. Vocabulary concept map: Lets students make connections to other words from a specific vocabulary term. Think about your thinking: Helps students think through their decisions and how they arrived at their conclusions. Comments are closed.
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