Science and Education
Thinking Maps. Do.
"Visualizing our thinking allows us to have a concrete image of our abstract thoughts. Visual representation enhance the brain's natural ability to detect and construct meaningful patterns. Thinking Maps reduce anxiety by providing familiar visual patterns for thinking and working with complex ideas and situations."
A "COMMON LANGUAGE" FOR THE COMMON CORE
(Thinking Maps give teachers an understanding of how to visually represent, or "Map", the critical thinking embedded in the Common Core State Standards. The Maps provide students with both the scaffolds and structures to support a deeper level of understanding, which will empower them to become college and career ready.)
I am happy to learn and grow as a teacher long side your sons and daughters. Your children have some brilliant ideas. Each student has so much potential in and out of the classroom! Because individual students meet together in a classroom, it is important to me that we develop a sense of community.
Wilson Elementary provides some fantastic resources online. Here are a few links from their website, as well as a few other links that may not be found directly from their site.