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Common Core ELA graphic organizer crosswalk
These links help you find organizers that can support practice related to a Common Core ELA skill. They are not a claim that one worksheet fully teaches, assesses, or guarantees alignment with a standard.
This curated crosswalk currently maps Common Core ELA codes through grade 8. Some printables have broader suggested grade bands, but those labels do not mean this page maps grades 9–12 standards; it is not a complete high-school standards matrix.
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The codes below are a practical crosswalk. Always check the official standard, your state adoption, grade-level text expectations, and the actual assignment before choosing a resource.
21 mapped printables
Find a printable by skill code
K–2 · 3–5 · 6–8
Printable Story Map Template →
RL.3.3RL.4.3RL.5.3
- Describe characters and how their actions contribute to events
- Describe a character, setting, or event using text details
- Compare and contrast characters, settings, or events
3–5 · 6–8
Main Idea and Details Graphic Organizer PDF →
RI.3.2RI.4.2RI.5.2
- Determine the main idea and key details
- Determine the main idea and explain support from key details
- Determine two or more main ideas and summarize
3–5 · 6–8
Compare and Contrast Graphic Organizer →
RL.5.3RI.5.5RI.5.9
- Compare and contrast characters, settings, or events
- Compare and contrast the structure of events, ideas, concepts, or information
- Integrate information from several texts on the same topic
3–5 · 6–8
Cause and Effect Graphic Organizer →
RI.3.3RI.5.5
- Describe relationships among events, ideas, or steps
- Compare and contrast structures including cause/effect
K–2 · 3–5 · 6–8
Sequence of Events Graphic Organizer →
RL.3.3RI.3.3RI.4.5
- Explain how character actions contribute to a sequence of events
- Describe the relationship between a series of events or steps
- Describe the overall structure of events, ideas, concepts, or information
3–5 · 6–8
Opinion Writing Graphic Organizer →
W.3.1W.4.1W.5.1
- Write opinion pieces supporting a point of view with reasons
- Write opinion pieces supported by reasons and information
- Write opinion pieces with logically ordered reasons and facts
3–5 · 6–8
Informational Writing Graphic Organizer →
W.3.2W.4.2W.5.2
- Write informative/explanatory texts that develop a topic
- Organize related information and develop a topic with facts and details
- Group related information and develop a topic with facts, definitions, and details
K–2 · 3–5 · 6–8
Narrative Writing Graphic Organizer →
W.3.3W.4.3W.5.3
- Write narratives with event sequences, details, and closure
- Develop real or imagined experiences using effective technique and sequence
- Develop narratives with clear event sequences and descriptive details
3–5 · 6–8
Inference Graphic Organizer →
RL.4.1RI.4.1RL.5.1 / RI.5.1
- Use details and examples when drawing inferences
- Use details and examples when drawing inferences from informational text
- Quote accurately when drawing inferences
3–5 · 6–8 · 9–12
Text Evidence Graphic Organizer →
RL.4.1 / RI.4.1RL.5.1 / RI.5.1W.5.9
- Refer to details and examples to support explanations and inferences
- Quote accurately from a text to support analysis
- Draw evidence from literary or informational texts
3–5 · 6–8
Summary Graphic Organizer →
RL.4.2RI.4.2RL.5.2 / RI.5.2
- Determine theme and summarize literary text
- Determine main idea and summarize informational text
- Determine central ideas or themes and summarize
3–5 · 6–8 · 9–12
Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER) Graphic Organizer PDF →
W.5.1W.6.1WHST.6-8.1
- Write opinion pieces supported by reasons and information
- Write arguments supported by clear reasons and relevant evidence
- Write discipline-specific arguments focused on evidence
3–5 · 6–8
Theme Graphic Organizer Printable →
RL.4.2RL.5.2RL.6.2
- Determine a theme from details and summarize
- Determine theme, including character response to challenges
- Determine theme and explain how details convey it
3–5 · 6–8
Point of View Graphic Organizer Printable →
RL.4.6RL.5.6RL.6.6
- Compare first- and third-person points of view
- Describe how point of view influences event descriptions
- Explain how an author develops narrator or speaker point of view
3–5 · 6–8
Context Clues Graphic Organizer Printable →
L.4.4aL.5.4aL.6.4a
- Use context as a clue to word or phrase meaning
- Use sentence and paragraph context to determine meaning
- Use overall sentence or paragraph meaning and word position as clues
3–5 · 6–8
Compare Two Texts Graphic Organizer →
RI.4.9RI.5.9RI.6.9
- Integrate information from two texts on the same topic
- Integrate information from several texts on the same topic
- Compare and contrast one author’s presentation with another’s
3–5 · 6–8
Author's Purpose Graphic Organizer →
RI.6.6RI.7.6RI.8.6
- Determine an author’s point of view or purpose and how it is conveyed
- Determine author point of view or purpose and analyze contrasting viewpoints
- Determine author point of view or purpose and analyze conflicting evidence or viewpoints
3–5 · 6–8
Informational Text Structure Graphic Organizer →
RI.3.8RI.4.5RI.5.5
- Describe logical connections such as comparison, cause/effect, and sequence
- Describe the overall structure of events, ideas, concepts, or information
- Compare and contrast overall structures such as chronology, comparison, cause/effect, and problem/solution
3–5 · 6–8
Character Change Graphic Organizer Printable →
RL.4.3RL.5.3RL.6.3
- Describe a character in depth using specific details
- Compare and contrast characters using specific details
- Describe how a story’s plot unfolds and characters respond or change
6–8 · 9–12
Essay Outline Printable →
W.6.4W.6.5W.7.4 / W.8.4
- Produce clear writing appropriate to task, purpose, and audience
- Plan, revise, edit, rewrite, or try a new approach
- Organize clear writing appropriate to task, purpose, and audience
6–8 · 9–12
Research Notes and Source Organizer Printable →
W.6.7W.6.8W.7.8 / W.8.8
- Conduct short research projects to answer a question
- Gather relevant information from multiple sources and assess credibility
- Gather, evaluate, quote or paraphrase source information while avoiding plagiarism