We "rounded out" our flat shapes unit with double-bubble Thinking Maps. I'm sure you already know that the Common Core geometry standards...
Remember all maps can have a frame of reference added to them. The questions in the frame of reference are to cause students to think more indepth about the information found on the thinking...
This is the second year our school district has been using Thinking Maps. Thinking Maps are effective not only in Language Arts, but it a...
We continue to learn about shapes this week. You can see some of the maps we made below! Comparing Shapes {Double Bubble} The...
We read the book Under One Rock by Anthony D. Fredericks. Before reading: What do you think the child will find under the rock? ...
Can you relate?? We finished our first week of Benchmark Testing this past week. Our county does them at the end of each grading period. I ...
Thinking Maps, Inc. is based on brain research about how students best learn. The maps help students to lay out their ideas visually in ways that are consistent with how the brain...
What are Thinking Maps Thinking Maps are an excellent tool for Kinders to organize their thinking and build a common language using ...
I wanted my little students to become familiar with the Thinking Maps we use in the classroom, so I made these mini-posters to help them. Th...
Math with thinking maps - Download as a PDF or view online for free
It’s getting to that time of year! The students that “have it” are rocketing ahead! The struggling students need that extra oomph to really have a good grasp of the...
Do you use Thinking Maps? We do and I really like them. Our school has decided to make a big push for ALL students to know and be able to us...
Would you like to use cute Thinking Maps in your Kindergarten classroom without spending lots of time creating them? Today’s downloadable...
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This post will share with you some of the gingerbread things I plan to do this week with my students this week. Gingerbread poems for shared reading time this week. Click here for Poems Click here for Poems Reading Gingerbread Books Gingerbread Thinking Maps On this Bubble Map students will brainstorm adjectives to describe the gingerbread boy and the gingerbread girl. Students will write a sentence about the gingerbread boy or girl at the bottom of the page. I plan to make one at a large group time with the class first before I send them off to do this on their own. Click Here for download Double Bubble Thinking Map I plan to compare different versions of this book using a Double Bubble. The download has a blank template. Click Here
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