map memo for families: the circle map
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Map Memo for Families: The Circle Map
THOUGHT PROCESSDEFINING IN CONTEXT
OR BRAINSTORMING
KEY WORDSList, Define, Telleverything you know,Brainstorm, Identify,Relate to priorknowledge, Explore themeaning, Associate,Generate
Topic
Tell meeverythingyou knowabout thetopic
Ideas for Topic•What do you know about school?• Tell me everything you know about Saturday.• What do you know about your birthday?• Tell me everything you know about your favorite pet.• Brainstorm ideas about the summer.
Created by Colette Thompson, Thinking Maps Inc., Independent Consultant, 8/2008
Map Memo for Families: The Bubble Map
THOUGHT PROCESSDESCRIBING
KEY WORDSDescribe, Use vividlanguage, Use your fivesenses, Qualities,Attributes,Characteristics,Properties
Topic
Descriptivequalitiesusingadjectives
Ideas for Topic• Describe your bedroom.• Describe your favorite pet.• Describe your friend.• Describe your family car.• Describe your mom or dad.
Created by Colette Thompson, Thinking Maps Inc., Independent Consultant, 8/2008
Remember: Only use adjectives or adjective phrases
Map Memo for Families: The Double Bubble Map
THOUGHT PROCESSCOMPARING AND CONTRASTING
KEY WORDSCompare, Contrast,Similarities,Differences,Distinguishbetween,Differentiate
Ideas for Topics• Compare and contrast yourself with your best friend.• Compare and contrast two books you are reading.• Compare and contrast your favorite music bands.• Compare and contrast two sports.• Compare and contrast two vacations.
Created by Colette Thompson, Thinking Maps Inc., Independent Consultant, 8/2008
Ideas that arethe same
Ideas that areunique ordifferent
Topic 1 Topic 2
Map Memo for Families: The Tree Map
THOUGHT PROCESSCLASSIFYING
KEY WORDSClassify, Sort,Group, Categorize,Identify Main Idea andSupporting Idea,Give Sufficient andRelated Details,Kinds of, Taxonomy
CategoryName
Sub-categories
Memberor Details
Ideas for Topic• Categorize things, ideas, people, etc.• Classify types of transportation.• Classify types of food.• Classify the different subjects learned at school and add details for each subject.• Classify odd and even numbers.
Created by Colette Thompson, Thinking Maps Inc., Independent Consultant, 8/2008
Map Memo for Families: The Flow Map
THOUGHT PROCESSSEQUENCING
KEY WORDSSequence, Put in Order,Retell/RecountCycles, Patterns,Show the Process,Solve Multi-StepProblems
MajorStages
Sub-stages
Ideas for an Event• Sequence your favorite day.• Sequence a day at school.• Sequence the steps on how to make a salad.• Put in order a group of numbers.• Put in order the events of a story.
Event
Created by Colette Thompson, Thinking Maps Inc., Independent Consultant, 8/2008
Map Memo for Families: The Multi-Flow
THOUGHT PROCESSCAUSE AND EFFECT
KEY WORDSCauses and Effects,Discuss the Consequences,What would happen if?Predict,Describe the Change,Identify the Motivation Behind,Identify the Result of,What happened because of?
EffectsEvent Causes
Ideas for an Event• Identify the causes and effects of improving reading skills.• Identity the causes of being healthy.• Discuss the consequences of an action.• Predict what might happen next in your story.
Begin with the center of the map, the event.
Created by Colette Thompson, Thinking Maps Inc., Independent Consultant, 8/2008
Map Memo for Families: The Brace Map
THOUGHT PROCESSWHOLE TO PART RELATIONSHIPS
KEY WORDSParts of, Show theStructure, Take Apart,Identify theStructure,Physical Components,Anatomy
Ideas for Topic• Show the parts of a bedroom.• Show the parts of an animal.• Identify parts of a computer.• Take apart a whole number.• Take apart a recipe.
WholeObject
Subparts
MajorParts
Think of the bracket as an = sign.
Created by Colette Thompson, Thinking Maps Inc., Independent Consultant, 8/2008
Map Memo for Families: The Bridge Map
THOUGHT PROCESSSEEING RELATIONSHIPS AND
ANALOGIES
KEY WORDSIdentify theRelationship,Guess the Rule,Symbolism, Metaphor,Allegory, Analogy,Simile
How arethe pairsrelated?
Ideas for Topics• How are these two things related?• Why do these two go together?• Find the relationship between these two words.• What these two things have in common?
Created by Colette Thompson, Thinking Maps Inc., Independent Consultant, 8/2008
Firstpair
The key to the Bridge Map is the Relating Factor
Second pair
Map Memo for Families: The Frame of Reference
Use this map forREFLECTIVE THINKING
HINTSThe Frame ofReference can beused with ANY map.The Frame ofReference can beadded before or afteryou make the map.
Key Questions• How do you know what you know?• Where did you get this information?• What is influencing the information in your map?
Created by Colette Thompson, Thinking Maps Inc., Independent Consultant, 8/2008
Any map
Frame of Reference