Top 10 Most Popular Graphic Organizers

Graphic organizers help your students visualize and understand concepts more effectively.
Print the organizers in this gallery of our Top 10 Most Popular Graphic Organizers, or
browse our entire collection of to find ones that meet your class's needs.
Five-Paragraph Essay

Five-Paragraph Essay

Help students write five-paragraph essays with a graphic organizer. This printable is
customizable. Tailor the PDF to your teaching needs by typing in the highlighted fields
before printing. Use for standard essay types including narrative, descriptive, and persuasive.
This sheet can be printed for students, or provided electronically for them to fill in.
Analogy Organizer

Analogy Organizer

Use this analogy organizer when teaching new concepts to your class. Your students will
find it easier to understand new ideas if you compare them to concepts they are already
familiar with. This printable is customizable. Tailor the PDF to your teaching needs by
typing in the highlighted fields before printing.
Steps in a Process

Steps in a Process

Use this graphic organizer to describe and order the steps in a process. This printable is
customizable. Tailor the PDF to your teaching needs by typing in the highlighted fields
before printing.
Triple Venn Diagram

Triple Venn Diagram

Use this three-part Venn diagram to identify differences and similarities. This printable is
customizable. Tailor the PDF to your teaching needs by typing in the highlighted fields
before printing.
KWL Chart (Version 3)
KWL Chart (Version 3)

This simple KWL chart can be used in all curriculum areas and all grade levels. The activity
will keep your students organized with new information they learn as well as key aspects of
the topic that they want to learn more about.This printable is customizable. Tailor the PDF to
your teaching needs by typing in the highlighted fields before printing.
Three Paragraph Main Idea and Details Chart

Three Paragraph Main Idea and Details Chart

This graphic organizer will help your students identify the main idea and supporting facts in
three paragraphs. It's excellent for analyzing a five-paragraph essay. This printable is
customizable. Tailor the PDF to your teaching needs by typing in the highlighted fields
before printing.
Cause and Effect

Cause and Effect

Students are asked to identify cause and effect of a story with this graphic organizer. This
printable is customizable. Tailor the PDF to your teaching needs by typing in the highlighted
fields before printing.
Alphabet Organizer

Alphabet Organizer

Assign a topic and ask students to complete the grid with as many words as they can think
that fit in each square on the topic. This printable is customizable. Tailor the PDF to your
teaching needs by typing in the highlighted fields before printing.
Brainstorming Web

Brainstorming Web

Use this graphic organizer to brainstorm. This printable is customizable. Tailor the PDF to
your teaching needs by typing in the highlighted fields before printing.
Five Elements of a Plot

Five Elements of a Plot

Five elements of a story's plot (introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, and
resolution) provide the structure for this graphic organizer. This printable is customizable.
Tailor the PDF to your teaching needs by typing in the highlighted fields before printing.