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Slide 2 Welcome to Awareness Session Slide 3 Based on thought processes Thinking Maps Visual Tools Used in all content areas Used by all teachers Used in combination for depth of thought Slide 4 Graphic Organizers Thinking Maps Based on isolated tasks Inconsistent graphics across classrooms Often static forms Difficult for transferring across disciplines Usually text or teacher centered Visual Concrete patterns Highly successful Useful for teaching and assessment Based on fundamental thinking skills Consistent graphic language for school Highly flexible forms Easily transferred across disciplines Student centered for cooperative learning Slide 5 Slide 6 THINKING MAPS WORK Brain is very visual Brain wires things together Brain is a pattern detector See your thinking Content is wired to the maps Develop automaticity with the maps Connect thinking process to new material Brain develops automaticity Slide 7 Think about this as you see examples of Thinking Maps Will they help with instruction? Will they help students learn & remember information? Can they be used for assessment? Slide 8 For defining in context Slide 9 Circle Map earthworms Help plants Lives in soil slimy Enemies are birds 2,700 kind Lay eggs Vibrations Nocturnal No feet have hair Need moisture Tube shaped body Science kit Internet Teacher Books By Alex and Michel Slide 10 Slide 11 Slide 12 SPINE The Backbone; Spinal Column A pointed, hard growth of an animal; as a porcupines quill The hinged back of a book A pointed, hard growth on a plant, as a thorn While at your desk, you should sit with your spine straight. The spines of the cactus really hurt me. Slide 13 For describing things Slide 14 Slide 15 Slide 16 Yates Mills Elementary School Raleigh, NC Slide 17 Slide 18 For comparing & contrasting Slide 19 Cinderella Mei Ping and The Silver Shoe Step daughter Mean Step sisters Prince has party Lost shoe Married prince goose Fairy God Mother Old lady Magic Goose Feathers Shoe In hut Step Daughters Older Step Daughter Younger Magic Wand Mice Prince Went house to house By Marisa Slide 20 Slide 21 Slide 22 Slide 23 Slide 24 For classifying things Slide 25 Tree Map Life Cycle of a Butterfly Egg Caterpillar ChrysalisButterfly BlueGreen tiny 500 eats shedsskin changes gold Lays egg Two weeks By Jewell and Anh Slide 26 Slide 27 Slide 28 Slide 29 Algebra Slide 30 For seeing parts of a whole Slide 31 skeleton skull torso lower body Cranium Facial bones Back bone ribs Hip bone femur tibia fibula By Brett Slide 32 Slide 33 Slide 34 Slide 35 Slide 36 For seeing events in sequence Slide 37 Slide 38 Slide 39 Slide 40 Yates Mills Elementary School Raleigh, NC Slide 41 How much energy does it take to Meander down the hall, vault over a car, banter with your best friend for an hour, berate someone at the top of your voice, stalk a turtle, be a spectator at a concert? Least energy Most energy Slide 42 For understanding cause & effect Slide 43 Ed is lost on an ice island. The ice broke off of the big island. I happened when he was asleep. He write messages for the birds. He walked around the island.He was alone. Talbot be comes his new friend. Multi-Flow Map Best Wishes,Ed By Alandrea Slide 44 Take a major event and create a Flow -- Multi- Flow Map to really see the relationships or connections. Agriculture Climate Natural Resources Economic Development Slide 45 Slide 46 Use the MULTI-FLOW as a Pre-reading activity for PREDICTING Slide 47 Slide 48 For seeing analogies Slide 49 AS Head Body Numerator Relating Factor: _________________ Fraction Is the top part of... Slide 50 Slide 51 Slide 52 Slide 53 Slide 54 Vocabulary Development Slide 55 Now that you have seen examples of Thinking Maps Do you think Thinking Maps can be used for teaching, learning & assessing? Slide 56 If you decide to do Thinking Maps This is what you will be buying into: Day One Follow-up Days Your commitment to use Thinking Maps as a common visual language in your school.