Visual Organizers
(Graphic Organizers, Thinking Organizers)

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1-2-3-4-5 Pyramid

3-2-1 Bridge (modified from Visible Thinking)

3-2-1 plus 1 (from Thinking Collaborative)

The 3 Whys (Visible Thinking)

Arch Diagram (Main Idea & Supporting Details)

Around the Room & Back Again (brainstorm)

Cause & Effect v1, v2, v3

Cause & Effect Chart

Central Idea Map (also see Character Traits)

CER – Claim Evidence Reasoning or CER II

Character Map (3 options)

Character Traits Chart (also see Central Idea Map)

C.H.A.T.T.

Checklist

Circle of Viewpoints (modified from Visible Thinking)

Collaborative Synthesis

Comparison Organizer (also see Venn Diagram)

Compass Points (Visible Thinking)

Connect, Extend, Challenge (Visible Thinking)

Cornell Notes

Cycle Diagrams (3, 4, 5)

Debate Team Carousel

Decision Making Model

Deductive Thinking

Ever Shrinking Notes

Fishbone DIagram (Ishikawa Diagram) Cause-Effect

Flow Chart

Frayer Model (see Central Idea Map)

Futures Wheel

Here Now There Then (modified from Visible Thinking)

Inductive Thinking

KWL, KWH, KTW Charts

Linear Sequence (3 different options)

On Target Description

Options Diamond (modified from Visible Thinking)

Peel the Fruit (Visible Thinking)

Persuasive Essay Organizer (draft)

Plot Structure Maps

Red Light Yellow Light (modified from Visible Thinking)

Reporter’s Notebook (Visible Thinking)

Research Notes (3 Columns)

Rubric

See, Think, Wonder (Visible Thinking)

Somebody Wanted But So

SPOT Analysis or SWOT Analysis

STEAL Diagram

Step Inside (Visible Thinking)

T Chart (Pro/Con)

T-Chart Affordances & Constraints

Think-Pair-Share Synthesis (and Think-Pair-Square)

Think, Puzzle, Explore [also see KWH] (Visible Thinking)

Timeline

Tug of War (modified from Visible Thinking)

Two Column Notes (see Research Notes)
(Text-Reaction Notes, Main Idea-Detail Notes, Opinion-Proof Notes, Hypothesis-Proof Notes, Problem-Solution Notes, Process Notes, andMultiple Sources Notes)

Venn Diagram (also see Comparison Organizer)

W.I.C.K. Note-Taking

Zoom in - Zoom Out (inspired by Visible Thinking)

Mapping

Brace Map

Bridge Map

Bubble Map & Double Bubble Map

Flow Map & Multi-Flow Map

Tree Map