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Presenter Introduction:
• WELCOME TO THE
THINKING MAPS
PRESENTATION
• LEARN HOW TO UTILIZE ALL
8 MAPS IN ALL CONTENT
AREAS, DIFFERENT STAGES
IN YOUR LESSON; TO HOOK,
DIAGNOSIS PRIOR
KNOWLEDGE, DIRECT
INSTRUCTION,
COOPERATIVE LEARNING,
ASSESSMENT
• YOUR PRESENTER
SUSAN MCHENRY-BENDEL
[email protected]
• TRAINER OF TRAINER IN
THINKING MAPS, K-12, SAT
AND ACT STRATEGIES
• 100 HOURS OF TRAINING
This Session’s Goals:
• TEACHER’S GOALS • STUDENT’S GOALS
• CREATE LESSON PLANS
UTILIZING MORE THAN
ONE THINKING MAP
• ENGAGING STUDENTS TO
DAILY INTEGRATE
THINKING MAPS IN THEIR
LEARNING
• MODEL BY WRITING
DAILY OBJECTIVES ON A
FLOW MAP
• UTILIZE ALL THINKING
MAPS IN ALL SUBJECTS
• DEMONSTRATE USAGE OF
THINKING MAPS TO
INCREASE CRITICAL
THINKING SKILLS
• SET GOALS FOR BLOCK
ON A CLASSIFYING MAP
TO IMPROVE LEARNING
Research Based Support
for Today’s Session:
• ERIC JENSEN
84% OF ALL INFORMATION TO
THE BRAIN IS VISUAL
• ROBERT MARZANO
IMPORTANCE OF STUDENTS
CREATING THEIR OWN VISUALS
• RUBY PAYNE
THE MIND NEEDS TO SORT
AGAINST THE STRUCTURE OF
TEXT
• THINKING MAPS IMPROVE
STUDENT PERFORMANCE
THROUGH ENGAGEMENT
AND ORGANIZE THINKING
• GIVE TEACHERS INSTANT
DATA ON STUDENT
PROGRESS AND NEEDS
• ENABLE STUDENTS TO VIEW
THEIR WORK MORE
CLEARLY/SEE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS/NEEDS
FOR IMPROVEMENTS
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“In order to remember, the mind must sort through
information and store what is important and discard
what is not important.
In order to remember the important parts of text, the
mind needs to sort against the structure of the text.”
“Building Learning Structures Inside the Head” Ruby Payne, Ph.D.
COLLABORATION DURING CLASS
PERIOD
Hold the map you have created in your hand
and stand up.
Raise your hand, holding up either one, two,
three or four fingers based on your
assignment.
Locate someone else with the same number
and pair with that person.
Exchange maps and discuss your ideas with
each other. “Borrow” ideas from each other
and add them to your own map.
TURN TO YOUR SHOULDER
PARNTER AND SHARE IDEAS
CONTENT SPECIFIC AND
CROSSING CURRICULUM
SCIENCE
• LABELING
• BRACE MAP TO LABEL
THE BONES
• COLLABORATE WITH A
PARTNER FOR IDEAS ON
HOW TO STRETCH IT
FOR DEEPER THINKING
• HOW WOULD YOU
UTILIZE THIS MAP WITH
A VISUAL IN YOUR
CONTENT?
THINKING MAPS ACROSS
ALL CONTENT AREAS
STEP 3: Post your examples by Thinking
Map.
Create a Tree Map
to identify words
that are critical to
academic content
for several units
you will be
teaching this year.
REFLECTION (TICKET OUT THE DOOR)
CREATE A THINKING MAP OF YOUR CHOICE THAT YOU WILL USE
WITH YOUR STUDENTS. WRITE THE REFLECTION QUESTION[S] AND
PLEASE ANSWER AS A LEARNER TODAY.  THANK YOU.
Thank You!!!
• A session survey will
be emailed to you this
week through a
Googledoc. Kindly
complete it so we can
reflect and improve
future PD efforts.
• Travel safely!