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1 The Spider Graphic Organizer This Organizer can be used for helping students understand how a central theme can have several convergent ideas or issues. And further, they can describe some of the details that are associated with each idea. Relevant Detail e su Relevant Detail Is or a Relevant Detail de tI. en rt ve on C. Concept, Main Idea, or Theme Box 300471 Graphic Organizers Page 1. Austin, TX 78703. The Spider Graphic Organizer Name:_____ Date:_____. Box 300471 Graphic Organizers Page 2. Austin, TX 78703. The Fishbone Graphic Organizer This Organizer can be used for helping students understand how a result can have several convergent causes.

2 And further, they can describe some of the details that are associated with each cause. Detail Detail Detail Detail 1. 2. se se Detail Detail au au C. C. Outcome Root Cause C. C. au au se se 3. 4. Box 300471 Graphic Organizers Page 3. Austin, TX 78703. The Fishbone Graphic Organizer Name:_____ Date:_____. Box 300471 Graphic Organizers Page 4. Austin, TX 78703. The Storyboard / Chain of Events Graphic Organizer This Organizer can be used for helping students understand how events are sequenced in a story. And further, they can describe some of the details that are associated with each event.

3 Event 1. Detail Detail Detail Event 2. Detail Detail Detail Event 3. Detail Detail Detail Event 4. Detail Detail Detail Event 5. Detail Detail Detail Event 6. Detail Detail Detail Box 300471 Graphic Organizers Page 5. Austin, TX 78703. The Storyboard / Chain of Events Graphic Organizer Name:_____ Date:_____. Box 300471 Graphic Organizers Page 6. Austin, TX 78703. The Venn Diagram Graphic Organizer This Organizer can be used for helping students understand how events, issues, concepts and particularly categories can be overlapping.

4 Items from Items from Category 1 Items from Category 1 AND Category 2. Category 2. Box 300471 Graphic Organizers Page 7. Austin, TX 78703. The Venn Diagram Graphic Organizer Name:_____ Date:_____. Box 300471 Graphic Organizers Page 8. Austin, TX 78703. The Problem and Solutions Graphic Organizer This Organizer can be used for helping students understand how a single problem can have more than one possible solution. Students can brainstorm ideas for possible solutions, and consider what the different outcomes might be. Possible Solution Possible Solution Outcome or Results Outcome or Results Central Problem Who: What:: Why: Possible Solution Possible Solution Outcome or Results Outcome or Results Box 300471 Graphic Organizers Page 9.

5 Austin, TX 78703. The Problem and Solutions Graphic Organizer Name:_____ Date:_____. Box 300471 Graphic Organizers Page 10. Austin, TX 78703. The Cycle Graphic Organizer This Organizer can be used for helping students understand how a events or issues can be circular or cyclic. Event 1. Event 4 Event 2. Event 3. Box 300471 Graphic Organizers Page 11. Austin, TX 78703. The Cycle Graphic Organizer Name:_____ Date:_____. Box 300471 Graphic Organizers Page 12. Austin, TX 78703. The Cluster Graphic Organizer This Organizer can be used for helping students understand how items, issues, events, or categories can be clustered, some relating more or less closely to others.

6 Cluster 1 Cluster 2. Item 1 Item 1. Cluster 1 Cluster 2. Item 2 Item 3. Cluster 1 Cluster 2. Item 3 Item 2. Central Issue or Event Cluster 3 Cluster 4. Item 1 Item 1. Cluster 3 Cluster 4. Item 2 Item 3. Cluster 3 Cluster 4. Item 3 Item 2. Box 300471 Graphic Organizers Page 13. Austin, TX 78703. The Cluster Graphic Organizer Name:_____ Date:_____. Box 300471 Graphic Organizers Page 14. Austin, TX 78703. The Compare / Contrast Graphic Organizer This Organizer can be used for helping students understand how issues or themes can have similar attributes or characteristics.

7 Common or Different Common or Different Attribute 1 Attribute 1. Common or Different Common or Different Attribute 2 Attribute 2. Common or Different Common or Different Attribute 3 Attribute 3. Common or Different Common or Different Attribute 4 Attribute 4. Box 300471 Graphic Organizers Page 15. Austin, TX 78703. The Compare / Contrast Graphic Organizer Name:_____ Date:_____. Box 300471 Graphic Organizers Page 16. Austin, TX 78703. The KWL Graphic Organizer This chart helps children (and teachers) to organize their learning into three categoreies: What do I already know about the subject, what would I like to know about the subject, and what have I learned about the subject.

8 Children fill out the first and second categories before a lesson begins (What do I. know, and what would I like to learn?), and they fill out the third category after a lesson has been taught (What have I learned?). What do I already What do I want to What did I learn know about this learn about this about this subject? subject? subject? Box 300471 Graphic Organizers Page 17. Austin, TX 78703. The KWL Graphic Organizer Name:_____ Date:_____. What do I already What do I want to What did I learn know about this learn about this about this subject?

9 Subject? subject? Box 300471 Graphic Organizers Page 18. Austin, TX 78703. The Five Ws and an H Graphic Organizer This chart helps children organize their thoughts about Who, What, How, Why, When, and Where? Who? What? How? Why? When? Where? Box 300471 Graphic Organizers Page 19. Austin, TX 78703. The Five Ws and an H Graphic Organizer Name:_____ Date:_____. Who? What? How? Why? When? Where? Box 300471 Graphic Organizers Page 20. Austin, TX 78703.