Examples of Thinking Maps

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Examples of Thinking Maps
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Brace Map The Brace Map is used for seeing the
structural analysis of whole to parts
relationships

• Science concept TEKS 6.5 A Identify and describe
  a system that results from the combination of two
  or more systems such as in the solar systems
• Essential question What are the parts of a cell?

Cell membrane
Cell wall
Gogi body
cell
nucleolus
nucleus
DNA
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Bubble MapDescribing

• Essential Question What fact, detail, or key
  information do you know about early microscopes?

MAGNIFICATION
COMPOUND MICROSCOPE
ELECTRON MICROSCOPE
MICROSCOPE
USED BY MANY SCIENTIST
ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK
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Flow Maps(K.6) A Use patterns to predict what
comes next, including cause-and-effect
relationships.
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Circle Map(K.6) A Use patterns to predict what
comes next, including cause-and-effect
relationships.
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Tree Map (1.3) B. Use concrete and pictorial
models to apply basic addition and subtraction
facts (up to 9918 and 18-99.

• Fact Families
• 6 7
  8 9
  10
• 15 43
  80 90
  55
• 51 70
  08 09
  100
• 33 07
  71 18
  010
• 60 34
  17 81
  91
• 06 61
  44 72
  19
• 42 16
  35 27
  82
• 24 25
  26 54
  28
• 52
  62 45

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Double Bubble(4.8) C Use essential attributes
to define two- and three-dimensional geometric
figures.
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Circle Map(5.2) A Generate a fraction equivalent
to a given fraction such as 1/2 and 3/6 or 4/12
and 1/3.
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Suggested Sequence for Explicit Problem Solving
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Tree Map(3.11) D Identify concrete models that
approximate standard units of weight/mass and use
them to measure weight/mass.

• Measurement
• Customary
  Units_________________
• Ounces (oz) Pounds (lbs.)
  Tons (T)
• pencils people
  cars
• paper food
  trucks
• cups reindeer
  airplanes
• pens desk
  trees
• posters fish
  whales
• drinks animals
  boats

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Flow Map6.8D Convert measures within the same
measurement system based on relationships between
the units
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Bridge Map and Tree Map 6.6A Use angle
measurements to classify angles as acute, obtuse,
or right7.6A Use angle measurements to
classify pairs of angles as complementary or
supplementary
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Flow Map7.3A Estimate and find solutions to
application problems involving percent 8.3B
Estimate and find solutions to application
problems involving percents and other
proportional relationships such as similarity and
rates
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Bridge Map6.12A 7.14A 8.15A Communicate
mathematical ideas using language, efficient
tools, appropriate units, and graphical,
numerical, physical, or algebraic mathematical
models
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Tree MapA.1D Represent relationships among
quantities using concrete models, tables, graphs,
diagrams, verbal descriptions, equations, and
inequalities
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Circle Map A.1D Represent relationships among
quantities using concrete models, tables, graphs,
diagrams, verbal descriptions, equations, and
inequalities
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Tree MapA.4A To find specific function values,
simplify polynomial expressions, transform and
solve equations, and factor as necessary in
problem situationsP.3 Investigate properties
of trigonometric and polynomial functions
Algebra
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A bride map is use to show analogies, such as
those on the SAT test.
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Bridge Map
1.14G analyze characters, including their traits,
feelings, relationships, and changes (1-3) 5th
6 weeks. 2.11H analyze characters, including
their traits, relationships, and changes (1-3) -
3rd 6 weeks. Home Hintsspelling words, habitats
or primary food sources for animals, makes and
models of cars.
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Double Bubble Map for Science TEKS K.6/1.6 (A)
sort organisms and objects according to their
parts and characteristics
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Brace Map for Science TEKS 2.6 (C) observe and
record the functions of animals parts

• Compound eye
• Head
  Antenna
• Mouthparts
• Grasshopper Thorax Legs
  Wings
• 
  Tympanum (ear)
• Abdomen Spiracles (breathing)

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Tree Map for Science TEKS 4.9 (B) identify and
provide examples of inherited traits and learned
characteristics
Inherited or Learned?
Inherited
Learned
Playing an instrument
Freckles
Spinning a Web
Big Ears
Shape of a Leaf
Reading
Swimming
Keyboarding
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Flow Map for Science TEKS 5.6 (B) identify the
significance of the water, carbon, and nitrogen
cycles
Precipitation
Condensation
Water vapor, a gas returns to liquid state
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Bridge Map for Social Studies TEKS 1.9 (A)
describe the requirements of various jobs and the
characteristics of a job well-performed

• Community Helpers

custodian
police officer
doctor
fireman
as
as
as
fires
crime
illness
litter
helps to fight
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Circle Map for Social Studies TEKS 3.10 (A)
identify characteristics of good citizenship

• Social Studies book

belief in justice
obeys the law
respects authority
shows courage
Good Citizen
respects others
loves his/her country
stands up for the rights of others
votes
Class discussions
Interview with parents
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Multi-Flow Map for Social Studies TEKS 4.3(A)
Analyze the causes, major events, effects of the
Texas Revolution, including the battles of the
Alamo and San Jacinto
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• TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and
  Skills)
• (11)  Reading/literary concepts. The student
  analyzes literary elements for their
  contributions to meaning in literary texts. The
  student is expected to
• (A)  compare and contrast aspects of texts such
  as themes, conflicts, and allusions both within
  and across texts
• analyze relevance of setting and time frame to
  text's meaning
• (C)  describe the development of plot and
  identify conflicts and how they are addressed and
  resolved
• (E)  connect literature to historical contexts,
  current events, and his/her own experiences and
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• Vocabulary Word Study
• Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
• by Ambrose Bierce
• English III
• Bridge Map Analogies
• sets the rules

The South 1862
Related Factor

etiquette _as Student Code of Conduct as UIL
Rule Book as Employee Ethics Southern
Order at School Football Game
Teacher Conduct at Work Lifestyles
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TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and
Skills) English III Flow Map Sequencing

Rebel soldier appears at plantation to lure
(unbeknownst to protagonist) Farquhar to bridge
Farquhar proceeds to Owl Creek Bridge to destroy
it in order to
As he mentally prepares for his own hanging,
Farquhar plans a miraculous escape in Owl Creek
Farquhar is seen with his wife and children at
his plantation
Military Hanging