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There is a good deal of evidence that suggest that using graphical organizers for comprehension instruction can help students more concretely visualize abstract and vague concepts.  Visual organizers such as a KWL chart can also help teachers to assess what students already know and what they want to learn so they can better cater instruction to meet students' needs.
 

We have created a collection of graphic organizers (available here for free in PDF format) that teachers can use in their classrooms.  There are ten organizers in the collection.  They are:
 
 

-- The Spider Graphical Orgainzer
-- The Fishbone Graphical Orgainzer
-- The Storyboard / Chain of Events Graphical Orgainzer
-- The Venn Diagram Graphical Orgainzer
-- The Problem and Solutions Graphical Orgainzer
-- The Cycle Graphical Orgainzer
-- The Cluster Graphical Orgainzer
-- The Compare / Contrast Graphical Orgainzer
-- The KWL Graphical Orgainzer
and
-- The Five Ws and an H Graphical Orgainzer
 

For more information about teaching comprehension skills, go to R is for Reading Comprehension.