Write from the beginning thinking maps

We just finished up our 22nd day of school and for many of those 22 days I have used Thinking Maps to help the students share their thinking. I was trained in Thinking Maps years ago and I truly enjoy creating them with my kindergarten students! I tend to start TM instruction in kindergarten with circle maps. They are great to use with any topic. Students are encouraged to tell me what they know about the topic. Here are some of the maps we have made. We brainstormed the things we do in…

Happy Monday everyone! Is it just me or does it feel like this is going to be one of those weeks? Well, you may have noticed this litt...

What are the details in a setting? I think the word setting can be tricky for kindergarten students. We talk a lot about the setting in the stories that we are reading in class. This lesson used a Brace Map to help students become aware of all of the details in the setting. Brace Maps are used to identify the relationships between whole physical objects and their parts. Creating them helps the students develop spatial reasoning skills. (You could scan a picture from a setting in a story)…

Wonderful way to teach/reinforce complete sentences as a whole class/small group/or morning activity. I'm implementing this on Monday. # Pinterest++ for iPad #

I’m so excited to share with you another week of writing tips for Writer’s Workshop. Your little writers are even closer to writing their own story. This week is all about story progression. At this point of the writing process, I really focus on beginning, middle and end. Come grab your free printable story progression map and get going with your writing. #writingtips #BMEmap #storyprogression #progression #writingprompts #free #printables #mrsjonescreationstation

This week I began procedural writing with my students. I decided to kick off this unit by using thinking maps. Prior to this lesson, the students were told that they were going to be learning about How To Writing. How to stories teach someone how to do something. Right away students came up with some ideas. One boy said, "I can write a How to Play Basketball." Another, "I can teach how to play football." Step #1 We began by filling in a Circle Map Getting Ready for School. Each child worked…

1. Circle Map 2. Bubble Map 3. Double Bubble Map 4. Flow Map 5. Multi-Flow Map 6. Tree Map 7. Brace Map 8. Bridge Map

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Thinking maps in kindergarten.