"Thinking Maps" As A Bridge To Literacy

“Thinking Maps” as a bridge
to literacy Things to think about as we start…

...Attendance (make sure you enter your
Embedding 8 cognitive processes information in the Google Form at this address)
into your classroom, department, https://bit.ly/2zFEGvP
and school
...If you have a question, put it in the chat so
we can all see and I will answer them as I can!
Kristoffer Barikmo ...Breakout rooms will be used for part of this
sessions as we work together in small groups.
Instructional Coach
...This session is being recorded for use in the
Shawnee Mission East HS future.
@teach_connected
to literacy
Embedding 8 cognitive processes
into your classroom, department,
and school
Kristoffer Barikmo
Instructional Coach
Shawnee Mission East HS
@teach_connected
Who I am...
(In a fun way…) let’s see what levels of stress teachers are willing to endure in a
classroom...
Cause and effect practice………(Using a new Google Tool available to us, Jamboard!)
https://jamboard.google.com/d/1PSCOYWZBYSQMAYNU_uD-mlIQincBexbEvC3n3KXwxqY/edit?usp=sharing
Overview
● Developed by neuroscientists, based on brain research

● Each map represents one of eight cognitive processes
● Designed to support learners to construct meaning
● Tools for independent thinking and collaboration
“By linking each thinking skill to a unique and dynamic visual representation,
the language of TM becomes a tool set for supporting effective instructional
practice and improving student performance.”
at “a level where the effects of
innovation enhance
achievement in such a way
that we can notice real-world
Hattie’s Meta-Analysis differences” (Hattie, 2009)
Visual Perception
(0.55)
Concept Mapping
(0.64)
Jigsaw (1.2)
https://us.corwin.com/sites/default/files/250_influences_10.1.2018.pdf
Our
brain...
...almost 80% of all

information that
comes into our brain
is visual
...36,000 visual
images per hour may
be registered ny the
eyes
...40% of all nerve
fibers connected to
the brain are linked to
the retina
(Jensen, Brain Based

Learning)
“Graphic Organizers”
Patterns… Not
graphic organizers!
Patterns… Not
graphic organizers!
Thinking
Maps and
Literacy
The sweet spot of literacy across our curricula...
Exploring
the Maps
Information from www.thinkingmaps.com
The “frame”
Questions to include in
the frame of reference…
...How do you know what

you know about this topic?
...Did your information

come from a specific
source?
...Is this information being

influenced by a specific
point of view?
...Who could use this

information?
...Why is this information

so important? So what?
Voices from the
classrooms...
“While I’m reading, my mind adds to my Thinking Maps all by
itself, and suddenly I know more than I knew”
---1st Grade Student
“Thinking Maps are the paper of my mind.”

---3rd Grade Student
“Thinking Maps just happen! They work automatically while I am

reading!”
---5th Grade Student
“My Thinking Maps have power. I have all these ideas and
nowhere to put them. Thinking Maps let me get them out!”
---1st Grade Student
Reading -- Thinking -- Writing Connections
Use Thinking Maps as your tools after reading to

help students make meaning and assess
comprehension
Use Thinking Maps as your pre-writing tools to help

students plan for more developed writing samples.
Use Thinking Maps with emerging language learners

to help them develop confidence, fluency,
vocabulary, and understanding from within a visual
context.
Use Thinking Maps to build Phonemic Awareness

and document student learning of this process
Use Thinking Maps for Vocabulary instruction

“Many students, and
unfortunately most students at
risk, are given an overwhelming,
repetitious panoply of strategies
that merely heighten their
awareness of word without
deepening their comprehension
abilities.”
...Thomasina DePinto Piercy and David Hyerle
Put the maps to work...
Let’s think about how we could use these as supports to the work we are
already doing in our classrooms.
In your small groups via Zoom, you will be

asked to come up with one or two quick
examples for using Thinking Maps in your
classroom. (Identify your presenter!)
What if these were…?
...speakers notes ...interactive notebook
...pre-writing ...evidence/artifacts for the

new state assessment in
...formative assessments
Social Studies
...jigsaw notes
...a curriculum framework?
TURNING POINTS: The story of Native Americans / First Nations people
Trail of
“I will
Tears Native
The Great fight no
and the American
Epidemic more
(Native Age of Activism
forever.”
Americans to
Colonization)
Jackson (From Chief (The Red Power
(Resettlement Joseph to the movement)
and Indian Schools)
Reservations)
TURNING POINTS: Black Americans in US History
Bloody
Booker T. Harry
The Dred Sunday Arrest of Showdown
vs. WEB Truman
Amistad Scott and the Louis in
(End of and
Incident Case 14th Armstrong Birmingham
Accom.) Deseg
Amend.
What
excites
you about
these
tools?
https://jamboard.google.com/d/1PSCOYWZBYSQMAYNU_uD-mlIQincBexbEvC3n3KXwxqY/edit?usp=sharing
to literacy
Embedding 8 cognitive
processes into your
classroom, department, and
school
Don’t forget…
...Attendance (make sure
you enter your information in
the Google Form at this
address)
https://bit.ly/2zFEGvP

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“Thinking Maps” as a bridge

to literacy Things to think about as we start…

● Developed by neuroscientists, based on brain research

...almost 80% of all

(Jensen, Brain Based

...How do you know what

...Did your information

...Is this information being

...Who could use this

...Why is this information

“Thinking Maps are the paper of my mind.”

“Thinking Maps just happen! They work automatically while I am

Use Thinking Maps as your tools after reading to

Use Thinking Maps as your pre-writing tools to help

Use Thinking Maps with emerging language learners

Use Thinking Maps to build Phonemic Awareness

Use Thinking Maps for Vocabulary instruction

In your small groups via Zoom, you will be

...speakers notes ...interactive notebook

...pre-writing ...evidence/artifacts for the

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