When I visited Mrs. Juarez's class, I was pleased to learn that she started using Thinking Maps for literature circles. She and I must have some kind of psychic energy because I had just presented the idea to Ramona School last Saturday. She approached me and said, "I've been using Thinking Maps for literature circles." I nearly flipped. It was great see innovation with Thinking Maps.
My version involves assigning a different map to each member of the group. For example, one student can focus on setting with a brace map. This student will break the setting apart on a brace map. When it's time to share their work, each student will have engaged in a different thinking skill for the passage.
I hope Mrs. Juarez will send me some scanned samples of what students created.
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