Where are we on our Thinking Maps journey?

1. Where are we on our Thinking Maps journey? Thinking Maps? 0. I have no knowledge about this.

2. Thinking Maps are different from Graphic Organizers. Thinking Maps are thinking patterns.

3. BRAIN COMPATIBLE TEACHING “The overwhelming need for learners is for meaningfulness… we do not come to understand a subject or master a skillby learning isolated bits of information. Understanding a subject results fromperceiving relationships, or patterns. The brain is designed as a pattern detector. Our function as educators is to provide our studentswith the sorts of experiencesthat enable them to perceive patterns that connect.” - Making Connections: Teaching and theHuman Brain (1994), Caine&Caine

4. The brain processes visual information 60,000 faster than text. 40% of all nerve fibers connected to the brain are linked to the retina Visual aids in the classroom improve learning by up to 400 percent. -Eric Jensen,Brain Based Learning

5. Thinking Maps give students a concrete visual pattern for abstract cognitive skills.

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9. The one common instructional threadthat binds together all teachers,from pre-kindergarten through postgraduate,is that they all teach the samethought processes.

10. 2nd grade adjectives lesson

11. Fifth Grade Social Studies

12. An Overview of all 8 Thinking Maps

13. Let’s cool down with a PROCESSING ACTIVITY USE ALL EIGHT MAPS THE HOLIDAYS SPORTS MUSIC

14. An Overview of all 8 Thinking Maps The Tree Map Classifying

15. NOTE MAKING GUIDE How to draw the Tree Mapand label its parts. • Guiding Questions: • How would you group this information? • What are the ideas and details that support your main idea?

16. KEY INFORMATION • The Tree Map helps classify information based on similar qualities, attributes, or details. • They can be developed inductively or deductively. • Tree maps are great for assessment!

20. Tree Maps & TD Resources • Turn & Talk! • Share Out … William & Mary Literature Web Novel’s Main Character (Thoughts, Actions, Beliefs) Problem Solving Strategies (Problem Solvers)

21. An Overview of all 8 Thinking Maps The Circle Map Defining in Context

22. KEY INFORMATION • The Circle Map is used todefine a concept, word or idea. • Great for diagnosing prior knowledge,brainstorm before writing, or as a lesson closure.

23. TROUBLESHOOTING Incorrect information in the “prior knowledge” Circle. Limited brainstorming

25. “x” can represent the unknown number. Finding an unknown number is like solving a math mystery! If you remove an ‘x’ from one side of the equation, you must remove an ‘x’ from the other. algebra You can subtract the same amount from each side of an equation to simplify it. We can use our Hands On Equations kit OR pictorial notation to represent equations. Both sides of an equation must be EQUAL! Unknown numbers can also be represented by symbols or other letters.

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27. Circle Maps & TD Resources • Turn & Talk! • Share Out … Review of a Jacob’s Ladder selection Hands On Equations (add/color code after each lesson) building background for a novel(ex. Invisible Thread, Number the Stars)

28. An Overview of all 8 Thinking Maps The Bubble Map Describing

29. KEY INFORMATION • Adjectives and adjective phrases only. • Great for vocabulary development (vivid word choice) and inferential thinking. • Descriptors can be sensory, comparative, emotional or aesthetic. • Focus on adjectives. • One strategy is to keep a “Circle on the Side.”

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33. Bubble Maps & TD Resources • Turn & Talk! • Share Out … Ugly Duckling inferring practice (William & Mary) - Vocabulary Web extension character analysis from another character’s point of view (ex. Map of Kenny from By’s point of view in Watson’s Go To Birmingham)

34. An Overview of all 8 Thinking Maps The Double Bubble Map Comparing and Contrasting

35. NOTE MAKING GUIDE Guiding Questions How to draw theDouble Bubble Map and label its parts. • How are these two things similar and different? • Why are these similarities and differences important? • What have you learned by constructing this map?

36. KEY INFORMATION • Helps students compare and contrast any ideas, people, cultures, concepts, things they are studying. • Because of the depth of thought, students may need to create two Circle Maps, two Bubble Maps, etc before making the Double Bubble Map. • The Double Bubble Map can be used in place of the Venn Diagram, especially when focusing on the differences between two things. • The Venn Diagram should continue to be used in math for set theory.

40. Double Bubble Maps & TD Resources • Turn & Talk! • Share Out … Compare / Contrast Math In The Garden toMath To Munch On Compare / Contrast two Problem Solver Strategies Compare / Contrast with a partner (insect, character, etc.)

41. An Overview of all 8 Thinking Maps The Brace Map Whole to Parts

42. NOTE MAKING GUIDE KEY QUESTIONS: Draw the Brace Mapand label its parts. • What is the name of the whole object? • What are the major physical parts of the object? • What sources did you use to identify the whole and its parts?

43. KEY INFORMATION • The Brace Map is for the structural analysis of a concrete object. These maps almost always use nouns to name the parts of an object. • The Brace Map is often confused with a Tree Map. • Remember that the Brace Map identifies “parts of” something, while the Tree Map identifies “kinds of” things.

46. We need to know how to convert % to decimals. We could use 10%. Lunch cost $44 20% tip Find the total We have to know that this is a two step problem. We need some prior knowledge about what a “tip” is.

47. Brace Maps & TD Resources • Turn & Talk! • Share Out … Parts of abook Parts of aMath UnitinM2 or M3 Introduce cognates

48. An Overview of all 8 Thinking Maps The Flow Map Sequencing

49. NOTE MAKING GUIDE Guiding Questions: How to draw the Flow Mapand label its parts. • What is the name of the event or sequence? • What are the stages of each event? • What prior knowledge and/or experiences influence your understanding about this processes or series of events?

50. KEY INFORMATION • A Flow Map can be used to show sequences, steps, comparisons or degrees. • The Flow Map can be drawn from left to right, in a cycle, or in a rising and falling action form as long as each box is connected to another using an arrow. • The sub-stages in the Flow Map must also be in a sequence, not just a list of details.