1. Welcome to Thinking Maps®
PTA Meeting September 6, 2017
Monterey Hills Elementary

2. Tonights presentation:
Why Thinking Maps are so effective
Review of all eight maps
Examples of maps used for instruction
Examples from MHS
What a parent can do to promote use

3. visual way to organize thinking and learning in a concise way
Why Thinking Maps?
visual way to organize thinking and learning in a concise way
improve basics of reading, writing and math but also helps students problem solve and develop higher level thinking skills

4. Why Thinking Maps? lifelong thinking skills
students learn with greater retention
thought processes are cross-curricular
common language to discuss thinking

5. For defining in context
The Circle Map
For defining in context 5 5

6. 6 6

7. 7 7

8. 0 + 6 6
1 + 5
5 + 1
4 + 2
3 + 3
2 + 4
6 + 0 8 8

9. For describing things
The Bubble Map 9 9

12. For comparing & contrasting
The Double Bubble Map 12 12

13. Lost shoe Magic Wand By Marisa Mei Ping and Cinderella The Silver Shoe
Mice
Step
daughter
goose
Step
Daughter
Younger
Step
Daughter
Older
Mean
Step
sisters
Cinderella
Mei Ping and
The Silver
Shoe
Old
lady
Prince
has
party
Fairy
God
Mother
Lost
shoe
Magic
Goose
Feathers
Magic
Wand
Prince
Went
house
to house
Married
prince
Shoe In
hut
By Marisa

14. 14 14

15. For classifying things
The Tree Map
For classifying things 15 15

16. 16 16

17. 17

18. For seeing parts of a whole
The Brace Map
For seeing parts of a whole 18 18

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20. We need to know how to convert % to decimals. We could use 10%.
We have to know that this is a two step problem.
We need some prior knowledge about what a “tip” is. 20 20

21. For seeing events in sequence
The Flow Map 21

22. 22 22

23. 23 23

24. For understanding cause & effect
The Multi Flow Map

25. 25 25

26. We watched a video.

27. 27 27

28. For seeing analogies
The Bridge Map 28 28

29. says its name in 29

30. MHS Examples

31. Circle Map

32. Bubble Map

33. Tree Map

34. Double Bubble Map

35. Bridge Map

36. What’s a parent to do?
Discuss assignments, readings, or things that you see in context. Ask, your child if there is a particular thought process that could be used to help organize the new learning?
Ask questions of your child using the vocabulary of the thought processes and associate it with the map.
Use the maps with your children as they study.

37. What’s a parent to do?
Use a circle map to generate a lot of ideas as students write in their journal.
Use a tree map to take those ideas and group them to create chapters in their new book
Use a bubble map when your child needs to see a positive point of view and needs to find descriptors for this view.

38. What’s a parent to do?
Use a double-bubble to help your children see what they have in common when they have two points of view
Use a flow map to organize your day
Use multi-flow map to explain phenomenon
Use a brace map to determine if a recipe is healthy