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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 __________________? 

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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 __________________? 

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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 __________________? 

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*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.

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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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