Thinking Map Examples Presented by Lydia Ferrari lferrarialvinisd

Thinking Map Examples Presented by: Lydia Ferrari lferrari@alvinisd. net February 4 th, 2015

What do you hope to walk away with today?

Thinking maps represent 8 thought processes. Reflect on your students and which thinking they do most in your class. Types of thinking in Class Circle Frame Tree Flow Double Circle Brace Bubble Multi Flow Bridge

Activities--Circle Mapbrainstorming, defining *What do you know about ______ ?

Activities-Tree Map- categorize, sort, organize

Activities-Flow Map--Sequence Have students break down the steps in answering math problems… What do you do first, second, third, or what happened first, second, third and so forth…

Activities-Double Bubble Map- like a Venn diagram-compare/contrast *Greatest Common Factor/Least Common Multiple *compare geometric figures/shapes *compare terms: perimeter/area

Activities-Brace Map-analyze, break into parts

Activities-Brace Map- analyze, break into parts

Activities-Brace Map-analyze, break into parts

Activities-Bubble Map-listing attributes and qualities-describing

Activities-Multi-flow Map-cause/effect 48 x 1 56 -8 Making 48 32 + 16 96/2

Activities-Multi-flow Map-cause/effect

Activities-Bridge Map-Analogy/relationships 19. Hal used this table to find the total prices of different numbers of tickets to a basketball game. (Table is included in the actual problem…I put the info in a bridge map). 5 10 15 $45 $30 What is the RELATING FACTOR? 20 $60 Based on the information in the table, how would Hal find the price of 1 ticket? A Multiply the number of tickets by 5 B Add 3 to the number of tickets C Subtract the number of tickets from the price of tickets D Divide the price of tickets by the number of tickets From: www. tea. state. tx. us 4 th gr math 2004

Activities-Bridge Map-Analogy/relationships

Your turn… With a grade level partner: *Decide on an upcoming concept you might teach or a problem a student might encounter *What thinking map would you model or expect students to use? *You can partner with a grade level team member to make your map to include in next week’s lesson plans.