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Graphic organizer templates
Six free graphic organizers: Venn diagram, Cornell notes, KWL chart, Frayer model, concept map and T-chart. Download a blank Word file to print, or tell Sparky your topic and get one filled in for your class.
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Free graphic organizer templates
Venn diagram
Two overlapping circles to compare two things: what only A has, what only B has, and what they share in the middle. Name what you're comparing over each circle.
Cornell notes
A narrow column for questions and key words, a wide column for notes taken in class, and a summary box at the bottom, under a line for the essential question.
KWL chart
Three columns: what students already know, what they want to know, and what they learned. Fill in K and W before the topic and L at the end.
Frayer model
One vocabulary word in the middle band, with four boxes around it: a definition in students' own words, characteristics, examples and non-examples.
Concept map
A main idea in the center joined to six bubbles. On each line, students write how two ideas connect, such as "causes" or "is part of".
T-chart
Two columns under a heading each, for pros and cons, fact and opinion, or cause and effect, with a line at the bottom for what students notice.
Which graphic organizer to use
Pick the organizer by what students need to do with the ideas.
Compare two things
A Venn diagram when the two share traits, such as frogs and toads. A T-chart when the two sides don't overlap, such as pros and cons or fact and opinion.
Take notes in class
Cornell notes. Students write notes on the right during class and questions on the left after. To review, they cover the notes and answer the questions.
Start or end a unit
A KWL chart. The W column shows what students want to find out, so you can plan for it. At the end of the unit, they fill in L.
Learn a new word
A Frayer model. Non-examples show where the word's meaning stops: cellular respiration is not photosynthesis, even though both involve glucose.
Connect ideas
A concept map. Writing a linking word on each line, such as "led to", makes students say how two ideas connect, not only that they do.
Give some students more help
Ask Sparky in one line to fill in some boxes and leave the rest blank for students, as in the example below. Sparky edits the same organizer.
How to make a graphic organizer with Sparky
Name the organizer and the topic
Press Make this in Flint on a template above, or type one line, such as "Venn diagram comparing frogs and toads for 2nd grade".
Ask for changes
Sparky makes the organizer beside the chat. Ask in a line for what your class needs, such as boxes left blank for students, and Sparky edits the same organizer.
Print it or open it in Google Docs
Print it for students, download it as a Word file, or save it to your Google Drive as a Google Doc.
A Frayer model example, made with Sparky
A teacher asked for one Frayer model in a new chat, then asked for a student version. These parts come from the organizer Sparky made in Flint.
What the teacher typed
"Make a Frayer model for the word photosynthesis", with no grade, class or file.
What Sparky filled in
A definition, four characteristics with the equation 6CO₂ + 6H₂O + light energy → C₆H₁₂O₆ + 6O₂, four examples such as algae, and four non-examples starting with cellular respiration.
The student version
One more line, "Leave Examples and Non-examples blank so my students fill them in", and Sparky cleared those two boxes in the same document. The panel's arrows go back to the first version.
What to check
The definition box is headed "in the student's own words" but came filled in, and the cleared boxes kept only their headings. Fix the heading and make room to write before you print.
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Frequently asked questions
What is a graphic organizer?
A page laid out so students can sort what they learn: circles to compare, columns to list, boxes around a word. The layout shows how the ideas relate, so students can see what they know and what is missing.
What are the main types of graphic organizers?
Lists differ, but most include comparing (Venn diagram, T-chart), note-taking (Cornell notes), what students know and want to learn (KWL chart), vocabulary (Frayer model), and how ideas connect (concept map). This page has a template for each.
What does KWL stand for?
What I Know, what I Want to know and what I Learned. Students fill in the first two columns before a topic and the last one at the end.
Is there a Venn diagram or Cornell notes template in Word?
Yes. Every template on this page is a Word file that prints on letter paper. For Google Docs, upload the file to Google Drive and open it with Google Docs. An organizer Sparky makes has its own Open in Google Docs button, next to the Word download.
What does Sparky make when I ask for a graphic organizer?
Usually a document with the organizer laid out as a table, which you can print, download as Word or open in Google Docs. For a concept map, Sparky may build an interactive map students click through, and for a Venn diagram it may draw a picture.
Is it free?
Yes. The Word templates are free to download, and making a graphic organizer with Sparky is free for teachers.
How do graphic organizers help students with learning disabilities?
They break a task into labeled parts and show where each idea goes, so students spend less effort holding the structure in their heads. Sparky can make a version with some boxes already filled in.
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