Flow Maps are good practice for students to think and write logically and completely. In each stage and sub-stage, students explain the order of events in a story. In the Frame of Reference (the outside rectangle), write the name of the story. Create … Continue reading →
Following lessons with Flow Maps, students can create movies with Digital Storytelling. Creating a movie on is a great way for students to show student understanding of concepts such as habitats, food production, story structure, creative writing, writing conventions, cooperative … Continue reading →
Flow Maps Key Words: Sequence, Put in order, Order, Retell/Recount, What happens next, Cycles, Patterns, Show the process, Change, Solve multi-step directions Identify the thought process: SEQUENCING The Flow Map is used for: Sequencing the stages and sub-stages of an event Identifying the … Continue reading →
Interactive Storytelling Lesson One: Corn Tassel Story, 5 min., Parts of a Corn Plant Brace Map 20 min. Storytelling nurtures classroom community. Everyone present co-creates this unique, in the moment, story experience. No props are needed as the visual images … Continue reading →
Brace Maps Key Words: Parts of, Take Apart, Show Structure, Physical Components, Anatomy Identify the thought process: Whole to Parts Relationship Brace Maps are used to analyze physical objects. Read left to right the whole object is on the line … Continue reading →
According to one of my favorite websites, there is no scientific evidence to suggest that we use only 10% of our brains. “We use 100% of our brain!” (Neuroscience for Kids). Though Aristotle’s model of five senses is common, neuroscientists … Continue reading →
Tree Maps Key Words: Classify, Sort, Group Categorize, Give sufficient and related details, Types of, Kinds of, List and Elaborate, Taxonomy Identify the thought process: Classifying Seventy percent of all information that comes into our brain is visual. Learners acquire and … Continue reading →
I hope the Thinking Maps Templates were helpful. Here is a Double Bubble Map comparing and contrasting the Prince and Miguel from “The Endless Story”. If you’d like to share your Double Bubble Maps with the characters from the story I will post … Continue reading →
This Bubble Map can be used to remind students of the previous lesson. Ask students what characters other than Rosita could the Bubble Map describe. (Miguel, the prince and Rosita’s father.) Why? This map could also be used to begin … Continue reading →
Bubble Maps Key Words: Adjectives and adjective phrases only. Great for vocabulary development (vivid word choice) and inferential thinking. Identify the thought process: DESCRIBING We have last week’s example of a Circle Map for Rosita from ‘The Endless Story’ I … Continue reading →