Thinking Maps® A School-Wide Initiative ThinkingMaps.com Thinking Maps® are visual teaching tools that foster and encourage life long learning. They are based on a simple yet profound insight; a common visual language for learning within and across disciplines. This is the one common instructional thread that binds together all teachers from K through 12 in order to teach the same thought processes. In Kindergarten we may call one of these processes grouping or sorting. Later we call it categorizing main idea, supporting ideas and details. What ever the label, the thought process of classification is one of the eight distinct Thinking Map® processes (see example below). In August of 2006, Suntree Elementary began implementing Thinking Maps® as the common visual language that will be a familiar part of the students' education. They are learning to use the Thinking Maps® as tools to analyze information, systems and events. Thinking Maps® are being used in all content areas and across the school as a common language. (Here are some EXAMPLES of Thinking Maps® that were created at Suntree) Thinking Maps® Circle Bubble Flow Multi-Flow Tree Double Bubble Brace Bridge Free Thinking Maps Software for the Suntree community:           Suntree Parent/Student: Please bring a virus-free flash drive to your teacher.           Teacher: Click here to access Thinking Maps installation files.                          Copy the compressed file (Version2.zip) to the flash drive.

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