Free Download And Print Classroom Sociogram

The classroom sociogram form allows you to document the interactions and relationships between groups of people in a classroom–children and adults. A sociogram is a visual representation of social interaction and relationships.

The form includes a key with a variety of symbols and color codes, as well as space to add your own. With this form, the focus should be on the interactions and relationships of a group of people. Another option is to focus on one person, you can do that with this Individual Child Sociogram.

Completing The Sociogram

Start by adding the names of people whose relationships you want to diagram and encase those names in the appropriate symbol–circles for kids, squares for adults. It’s best to spread them out a bit, things get cluttered if they’re clustered.

Next, use the symbols and color codes in the form key to diagram the relationships and interactions of the people you’ve included–you can always add to the key if something you want to document is not included. Your sociogram can be very focused, like the examples below. The first illustrates who children initiate play with and how frequently it happens. The second illustrates which children are leaders and which are followers.

Alternatively, instead of doing them separately, you could map the above interactions on a single sociogram form–and add other relationships and interactions as well. The drawback to including too much on a single sheet is that reading it can get confusing.

If you plan to regularly complete sociograms for the same group, save some work by creating a master form with the appropriate names, circles, and squares and then make copies of that master for use.

To get a clearer look at relationships and interactions, it might be interesting to have multiple people complete classroom sociograms and compare them. For example, how do the sociograms of a lead teacher and her two assistance compare?

Classroom Sociogram

Here’s the blank PDF for your downloading and printing pleasure:

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