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Thinking Maps give teachers an understanding o how to visually represent, or “Map,” the critical thinkingembedded in the Common Core State Standards. The Maps provide students with both the scaolds and structures
to support a deeper level o understanding, which will empower them to become college and career ready.
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Common Core State Standards & Questions Thinking Process Thinking Maps as Tools
Understand and use general (tier 2) and domain-specifc (tier 3)academic vocabulary.
What does __________________ mean? Can you defne __________________ ?
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Circle Map
Use relevant descriptive details and sensory language in readingand writing.
How would you describe __________________? What are thecharacteristics o __________________?
dcb Bubble Map
Compare and contrast important points in two texts or points o view; draw comparative inerences about two populations.
What are the similarities and dierences between ____________and ____________? How are ____________ and ____________alike/dierent?
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Double BubbleMap
Determine the main idea(s) o text(s) and key supporting detailsin complex texts.
What is the main idea o __________________? What are thesupporting details?
Cl Tree Map
Use common afxes to determine and clariy the meaning o unamiliar terms.
Analyze the structural parts o __________________ to suggest improvements.
P--wl Brace Map
Understand the steps and patterns in complex processes inorder to answer questions and solve problems.
What ordered steps would you ollow to solve ______________? How would you demonstrate the steps or solving __________________?
squc Flow Map
Evaluate the argument and specifc claims in a text; determinethe impact the author’s purpose and point o view have on a text.
What is the impact o the author’s point o view on __________________? How would you evaluate the argument and claims in __________________?
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Map
Analyze the relationship between a primary and secondarysource; analyze patterns and relationships.
What is the relationship between ____________ and ____________? How would you analyze the relationships and analogies in __________________?
s rlp Bridge Map
*This is an example o connecting one standard to a Thinking Map. It is important to move beyond connecting a standard toa specifc Map as teachers/students may choose a dierent Map or combination o Maps to master a standard.
t mp®:A “Common Language” for the Common Core
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• Thinking Maps Professional Development is designed to
increase teacher and leadership effectiveness. Built
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teachers move from basic knowledge and use to
executive control, Professional Development is
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• Raise the level of discourse and collaborative
problem-solving
• Increase critical thinking
• Develop skills for interdisciplinary reading, writing,
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• Support acquisition and use of academic vocabulary
During the Thinking Maps Proessional Development plan, once teachers have mastered the Maps,
continuing proessional development should be dierentiated to address the specifc goals within your
school or district improvement plans. Thinking Maps are not another thing to be done, but rather a unique
strategy to do the things that need to be done more eectively and efciently. Some possible ollow-up
ocuses are identifed in the Tree Map below.
Thinking Maps: A Language for Learning Differentiated Professional Development
Focusing onCritical Thinking
Asking The RightQuestions: Map
Clarifcation
DierentiatingInstruction (RTI)
Connecting theCommon Core/
State Standards inall Content Areas to
Thinking Maps
VocabularyStrategies
(Tiers 2 and 3)
Meta-Cognition:Framing Your
Thinking
Using ThinkingMaps or
CollaborativePlanning
Gathering KeyDetails From Text
Features
Going Beyond
Graphic Organizersand Worksheets
Increasing Student
Engagement
Math: ConceptualUnderstanding and
Problem SolvingUnlocking
Complex CrossCurricular Texts
Using MultipleMaps or Depth, Rigor
and Complexity
CollaborativePlanning, Research
and Problem Solving
Literary Analysis
Disciplinary LiteracyIn Science andSocial StudiesWriting In All
Content Areas
Focusing onLiteracy Links
Focusing onContent Connections
Focusing onInstructional Strategies
t mp®:A “Common Language” for the Common Core
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