there’s a map for that! a teaching tool to enhance reading comprehension

There’s a Map for There’s a Map for That!That!

A teaching tool to enhance A teaching tool to enhance reading comprehension.reading comprehension.

Thinking Maps Thinking Maps Tools for LearningTools for Learning

David Hyerle, Ed. D.David Hyerle, Ed. D.

Copyright 1995 by Thinking Maps, Inc. Copyright 1995 by Thinking Maps, Inc. 401 Cascade Pointe Lane Cary, NC 401 Cascade Pointe Lane Cary, NC

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Meet the MapsMeet the Maps Circle Map: DefineCircle Map: Define Bubble Map: DescribeBubble Map: Describe Double-Bubble Map: Compare and ContrastDouble-Bubble Map: Compare and Contrast Tree Map: ClassifyTree Map: Classify Brace Map: Part-WholeBrace Map: Part-Whole Flow Map: SequenceFlow Map: Sequence Multi-Flow Map: Cause and EffectMulti-Flow Map: Cause and Effect Bridge Map: AnalogiesBridge Map: Analogies

All About MeAll About MeProjectProject

A Student Introduction to Thinking MapsA Student Introduction to Thinking Maps

•We use this project to teach our students the Thinking Maps at the beginning of the school year.•Because this project is entirely about the student, the quality of the work is high and students feel a sense of success because there is no way to get it wrong!•Once students demonstrate a basic understanding of the Thinking Maps, we add rigor throughout the year.

Circle Map: Circle Map: DefineDefine

2. I am inNAME

1. 10 facts about me in complete sentences.

Each fact must be accompanied by a picture!

2. I am in a band.

3. I lived in Germany for 3 years.

EOG THINKING MAPSEOG THINKING MAPSBrooke Griffie

1. I have a son

named Owen Griffie.

2. I have over 200 stuffed pink

pigs. I have been collecting since I was 16.

3. My socks never match.

4. I always have candy in my lunch box. Always!

5. I have been teaching for 10 years.

Bubble Map:Bubble Map: Describe Describe

Name

Adjectives to

describe YOU!

Use shapes to illustrate the words that describe you.

Your Turn!Your Turn!Find your pink sheet.Find your pink sheet.Write your name in the center.Write your name in the center.Write four adjectives about yourself.Write four adjectives about yourself.Add rigor.Add rigor.

Double Bubble MapDouble Bubble Map: : Compare & Compare & ContrastContrast

You A Friend

Adjectives or

events that

describe both of you.

Adjectives or events

that describe

your friend

Differences DifferencesSimilarities

Adjectives or events that describe you

Tree Map:Tree Map: Classify Classify

Sports Music

Elwanda Mills

Hobbies TV Shows

1. Ice Skating2. Shopping3. Needlepoin

t4. Dog

Walking

1. Hockey2. Dance3. Golf4. Gymnasti

cs

Brace Map:Brace Map: Parts to Whole Parts to Whole

Dad- Michael

Mom- Buzz

1. My mom drives a school bus.

2. She knits and makes quilts.

3. She makes a mean batch of chili.

4. She is 5 feet tall.

1. My dad is a Marine.2. He works in a

factory.3. He loves to hunt and

fish.4. He has 7 grandkids.Kerri

Buyssens

Flow Map: SequenceFlow Map: Sequence

My baby brother was

born.

2000

I broke my arm when I fell down

the stairs.

2009

We moved from California to

North Carolina.

2004

We won the county baseball championship.

2011

Event 1 Event 2 Event 3 Event 4

Andrew Allen Cooper weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces.

He was born in Fayetteville, NC.

Your Turn!Your Turn!Think about the major events that Think about the major events that

have taken place in your life. have taken place in your life. Write an important event on one of Write an important event on one of

your sticky notes.your sticky notes.Be sure to provide two details for this Be sure to provide two details for this

event.event.Example: I graduated from ECU in Example: I graduated from ECU in

1985. 1985. I majored in business. I was a Delta. I majored in business. I was a Delta.

Multi-Flow Map:Multi-Flow Map: Cause & Cause & EffectEffect

I climbed a tree.

I broke my arm when I

was 8.

I could not write neatly.

Causes

Event

Effects

Cause side- What caused the event to happen?Effects side- Since the event happen what was the outcome?

Bridge Map:Bridge Map: Analogies AnalogiesRelating Factor: is the opposite of

Black

White

Up

Down

War

Antagonist Peace

Protagonist

Let’s add some rigor!Let’s add some rigor!

Work from the Lighting Thief.

CIRCLE MAP ActivitiesCIRCLE MAP Activities#1: #1: Bulletin BoardBulletin BoardActivate prior knowledge and create a Activate prior knowledge and create a

bulletin board for your unit!bulletin board for your unit!

#2: #2: Vocabulary with PicturesVocabulary with PicturesPaint the word with pictures.Paint the word with pictures.

BUBBLE MAP ActivitiesBUBBLE MAP Activities#1: #1: Describing StringsDescribing StringsDescribe a bone with four adjectives Describe a bone with four adjectives

and provide a fact for support.and provide a fact for support.

#2: #2: EOG ApplicationEOG ApplicationCrows are the robbers of the bird Crows are the robbers of the bird

world.world.

BUBBLE MAPBUBBLE MAP

DOUBLE-BUBBLE MAP DOUBLE-BUBBLE MAP ActivitiesActivities

#1: #1: Let’s Eat DinnerLet’s Eat Dinner Using paper plates and utensils, Using paper plates and utensils,

compare and contrast two objects. compare and contrast two objects.

#2: #2: Teaching TransitionsTeaching Transitions

TREE MAP ActivitiesTREE MAP Activities#1: #1: Hula Hoop it!Hula Hoop it! Place four hula hoops on the floor. Label each Place four hula hoops on the floor. Label each

hoop. Students will need to classify facts hoop. Students will need to classify facts and characteristics into the correct hula and characteristics into the correct hula hoop. hoop.

#2: #2: Bag it!Bag it! This activity is similar to the hoop activity, but This activity is similar to the hoop activity, but

students will be able to keep the final students will be able to keep the final product.product.

BRACE MAP ActivitiesBRACE MAP Activities#1: #1: Plot BoxesPlot BoxesFill boxes with objects that represent Fill boxes with objects that represent

the beginning, middle and end of a the beginning, middle and end of a story.story.

#2: #2: Cut & StuffCut & StuffAnalyze the specific regions of North Analyze the specific regions of North

Carolina.Carolina.

FLOW MAP ActivitiesFLOW MAP Activities#1: #1: Easy EnvelopeEasy EnvelopeUse envelopes to organize a science Use envelopes to organize a science

lab.lab.

#2: #2: EOG ApplicationEOG ApplicationMary Had Some Bubble GumMary Had Some Bubble Gum

MULTI-FLOW MAP ActivitiesMULTI-FLOW MAP Activities#1: #1: Cereal Box!Cereal Box! Use a cereal box to Use a cereal box to

identify the event, the causes, and identify the event, the causes, and the effects.the effects.

#2: #2: EOG application.EOG application.

The snow fell for three days, though after the first day it was not as thick and the wind quieted down. Sometimes Aaron felt that there could never have been a summer, that the snow had always fallen, ever since he could remember. He, Aaron, never had a father or mother or sisters.(52) He was a snow child, born of the snow, and so was Zlateh. It was so quiet in the hay that his ears rang in the stillness.(79) Aaron and Zlateh slept all night and a good part of the day. As for Aaron’s dreams, they were all about warm weather. He dreamed of green fields, trees covered with blossoms, clear brooks, and singing birds.(116) By the third night the snow had stopped, but Aaron did not dare to find his way home in the darkness. The sky became clear and the moon shone, casting silvery nets on the snow.(151)

Singer, Isaac Bashevis. “Zlateh the Goat.” Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories. New York: HarperCollins, 2001. (1984)

BRIDGE MAP ActivitiesBRIDGE MAP Activities#1: #1: Jump RopeJump RopeIn small groups, students will use jump In small groups, students will use jump

ropes to create analogies. (color ropes to create analogies. (color code jump ropes to hit the different code jump ropes to hit the different relationships)relationships)

#2: #2: EOG ApplicationEOG Application

Words that help identify the map Words that help identify the map to use for EOG application.to use for EOG application.

Bubble Map- describingDescribe

descriptiontells about the

Bridge Map- analogiesAnalogies

relationships__________: _________:: ________:_________

Flow Map- sequence of eventsfirst

secondthirdlastnext

thereforefinallythen

prevailsin order

conclusionfinal

Multi-flow Map- cause and effectreason affecteffectcause

why doesoutlookchangebecomebecausehow doeswhy didwhy is

what doeshow do

why was

Contact InformationContact Information1.1. Brooke GriffieBrooke Griffiebrookegriffie@ccs.k12.nc.usbrookegriffie@ccs.k12.nc.usGray’s Creek Middle School- 7Gray’s Creek Middle School- 7thth Grade Reading and Writing Grade Reading and WritingHope Mills, NC. 28306Hope Mills, NC. 28306

2. Kerri Buyssens2. Kerri Buyssenskerribuyssens@ccs.k12.nc.uskerribuyssens@ccs.k12.nc.usGray’s Creek Middle School- 7Gray’s Creek Middle School- 7thth Grade Reading and Writing Grade Reading and WritingHope Mills, NC 28306Hope Mills, NC 28306