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Education
I am from
Michigan.
This is my 6th
year teaching.
Married
4 ½ years
Amanda
Amante
Gerber daisies
are my favorite!
Friends
No children,
but we have a
dog named
Bell.
Runner!
Travel
Family
Mother of seven
Education
Dancer
Dancer
Grandmother
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Faith
Dolly
Hathaway
Teacher
North Carolina
Church
Friends
Family
Friends
wife
and
mother
Pennsylvania
Patti
Burke
traveler
Church
singer in church
choir
teacher
Education
The “Hook”
Establishes a baseline for learning by tapping
schema
Lowers affective filters
Prompts motivation
Sets the student up for success
“Thinking Maps provide a ‘conceptual net’
for capturing the essential information for
any type of learning” (Buckner, 2009, p.16).
Thinking Maps provide a guided path to
organizing information.
Thinking Maps allow levels of scaffolding to
meet the needs of the writer.
The Hook (motivation)
The Circle Map (writing ideas/info)
The Tool (design for the writing assignment)
describing, comparing/contrasting,
classifying, whole to part relationships,
sequencing, cause and effect, seeing
analogies)
Differentiation (First, next, last, etc.)
To define a concept, a word or
an idea
To brainstorm before writing
To diagnose prior knowledge
To close a lesson
Key words:
Context
Context clues
List
Define
Tell everything you know
Identify
Tell about
Discuss
This circle map and acrostic poem
was a group effort with 1st graders.
This was completed by a 1st
grade student on his own.
Students typed
their poems with
Kidspiration and
were able to add
pictures that went
along with their
poems.
At your table, discuss ideas for using
circle maps. You will share these with
the whole group.
Uses only adjectives and
adjective phrases for
describing
Used for vocabulary
development and
inferential thinking
Key words:
Describe
Use vivid language
Attributes
Characteristics
Properties
Adjectives
Qualities
Used for comparing
and contrasting
Key Words:
Compare/Contrast
Discuss
similarities/difference
Distinguish between
Differentiate
Form a group of three to four people.
In your group, think of ways you can use
double bubble maps to support writing.
You will have five minutes before you
share your ideas.
Used for classifying
Key words:
Classify
Sort
Group
Categorize
Types/Kinds of
List and elaborate
Taxonomy
Give details
Student sample. Students
created tree maps with words
and illustrations.
Form a group of three to four people.
In your group, think of ways you can use
a tree map to support writing.
You will have five minutes before you
share your ideas.
Use to sequence and
order
Key Words:
Sequence, put in order
Recount/retell
What happens next
Cycles
Patterns
Processes
Change
Solve multi-step
problems
Form a group of three to four people.
In your group, think of ways you can use
flow maps to support writing.
You will have five minutes before you
share your ideas.
Shows cause and effect
Supports the reasons that
“cause” the writer to have
this opinion
Depicts a position or
opinion
Serves as a plan for writing
Key Words:
Causes and effects
Predict what would happen if
Change
Identify motives
Results, outcomes, benefits
Why
Form a group of three to four people.
In your group, think of ways you can use
multi-flow maps to support writing.
You will have five minutes before you
share your ideas.
Use to show part to
whole relationships
Can act as a checklist
Key words:
Parts of
Take apart
Show structure
Physical components
El pan
La hamburguesa/ la carne
El queso
La hamburguesa
El tomate
La lechuga
La cebolla
Jan. 23, 2011
Dear Sally,
I am having a birthday party and
would really like you to come! It will
be Friday, January 28th at my house.
I live at 113 Holland Ave. Please let
me know if you can come!
Your friend,
Emily
Jan. 23, 2001
Dear Sally,
Greeting
I am having a birthday party
and would really like you to
come! It will be Friday,
January 28th at my house. I
live at 113 Holland Ave.
Please let me know if you
can come!
Your Friend
Invitation
Heading
Emily
Closing
Signature
Body
Seeing analogies
Key words:
Identify the common
relationship
Guess the rule
Interpret symbols
Ratio
Simile
Metaphor
Allegory
Is the word
as
La pizza
as
La
hamburguesa
El perro
caliente
Form a group of three to four people.
In your group, think of ways you can use
brace and bridge maps to support
writing.
You will have five minutes before you
share your ideas.
Buckner, J. (2009). Path to proficiency for
English language learners. Cary, NC:
Thinking Maps.