2. Thinking Maps® Overview
Thinking
Process
Common Core
State Standards
Thinking Maps®
as Tools
Determine the meaning of
domain-specific and general
academic vocabulary.
Brainstorming
or
Defining in Context
Use relevant descriptive
details and sensory
language in reading and
writing.
Describing
Compare and contrast
important points in two texts
or points of view. Draw
informal comparative inferences
about two populations.
Comparing
and
Contrasting
Determine main idea of text.
Recount the key supporting
details in complex texts.
Classifying
Essential
Questions
Circle Map
Bubble
Map
Double
Bubble
Map
Tree
Map
What does _____ mean?
Can you define
________?
How would you describe
this ________? What
qualities are important for
this _________?
What are the similarities
and differences between
________? What
similarities do you think
are most important?
What are the ideas and
details that support your
main idea?
3. Thinking Maps® Overview
Thinking
Process
Common Core
State Standards
Thinking Maps®
as Tools
Sequencing
Cause
and
Effect
Essential
Questions
What is the major parts
of _______? How can
_____ be decomposed?
What happened next? In
what order should you
sequence _______?
What are the causes and
effects of ______? What
was the motivation
behind ________?
What is the similar
relationship between
______? How are these
two ______ related?
Decode words with
common affixes; find all
factor pairs for a whole
number.
Part-to-Whole
Brace
Map
Understand solving an
equation or inequality as a
process of answering
questions.
Flow
Map
Evaluate the argument and
specific claims in a text.
Determine the impact of
author’s purpose and point of
view have on a text.
Multi-Flow
Map
Analyze the relationship
between a primary and
secondary sources. Analyze
patterns and relationships.
Seeing
Relationships
Bridge
Map
4. Common Core Standard:
Understand and use general (Tier 2) and
domain-specific (Tier 3) academic vocabulary.
What does _________ mean? Can you define
______________?
Cognitive Vocabulary:
DEFINE
BRAINSTORM
CONTEXT CLUES
LIST
IDENTIFY
TELL ABOUT
PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
EXPLORE THE MEANING
DISCUSS
5. Common Core Standard:
Use relevant descriptive details and sensory language
in reading and writing.
How would you describe____________? What are the
characteristics of ___________________?
Cognitive Vocabulary:
DESCRIBE
OBSERVE USING 5 SENSES
USE VIVID LANGUAGE
DESCRIBE FEELINGS
ATTRIBUTES
PROPERTIES
CHARACTERISTICS
QUALITITES
ADJECTIVES
6. Common Core Standard:
Compare and contrast important points in
two texts or points of view
What are the similarities and differences between _________
and ___________? How are _____________ and
______________ alike and different?
Cognitive Vocabulary:
COMPARE AND CONTRAST
SIMILARITIES AND
DIFFERENCES
DISTINGUISH BETWEEN
DIFFERENTIATE
ALIKE/DIFFERENT
7. Common Core Standard:
Determine the main idea(s) and key
supporting details in complex texts.
What is the main idea of _________________?
What are the supporting details?
Cognitive Vocabulary:
CLASSIFY
GROUP/ SORT
CATEGORIZE
MAIN IDEA
TYPES OF
KINDS OF
GIVE SUFFICIENT AND RELATED
DETAILS
LIST AND ELABORATE
TAXONOMY
DIFFERENTIATE
8. Common Core Standard:
Understand the steps and patterns in complex processes in
order to answer questions and solve problems.
What ordered steps would you follow to solve ___________?
How would you demonstrate the steps to solving __________?
Cognitive Vocabulary:
SEQUENCE
PUT IN ORDER
RECOUNT
RETELL
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
PATTERNS
CYCLES
PROCESSES
CHANGE
SOLVE MULTI-STEP
PROBLEMS
9. Common Core Standard:
Use common affixes to determine and clarify
the meaning of unfamiliar terms.
How would you analyze the structural parts of
______________ to suggest improvements?
Cognitive Vocabulary:
PART/WHOLE
PARTS OF
SHOW STRUCTURE
TAKE APART
ANATOMY
PHYSICAL COMPONENTS
DECOMPOSE
10. What is the impact of the author’s point of view on __________?
How would you evaluate the argument and claims in _________?
Cognitive Vocabulary:
CAUSE AND EFFECT
DISCUSS CONSEQUENCES
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF?
PREDICT
CHANGE
IDENTIFY MOTIVES
WHY?
RESULTS
OUTCOMES
BENEFITS
Common Core Standard:
Evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text; Determine
the impact the author’s purpose and point of view have on a
text.
11. Common Core Standard:
Analyze the relationship between a primary and
secondary source; Analyze patterns and relationships
What is the relationship between ______and _______? How
would you analyze the relationships and analogies in _________?
Cognitive
Vocabulary:
SEEING ANALOGIES
IDENTIFY THE
COMMON
RELATIONSHIP
GUESS THE RULE
INTERPRET SYMBOLS
SIMILE
METAPHOR
ALLEGORY
