Focusing on Map Knowledge

USING THINKING
MAPS TO
ENHANCE
WORKSHEETS
 Focusing on Worksheet Translation
Objectives:
•To identify the cognitive skill(s) in worksheets in order to extend student thinking
with Thinking Maps.
•To extend worksheets using Thinking Maps in order to differentiate instruction.

Welcome Model how to

Discuss use Thinking
and
Worksheets Maps to extend
Agenda
a worksheet

Practice Closure and

Extending expectations
Worksheets for sharing
student work
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Basic
Translation

Differentiation

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Academic Rigor
Academic
Rigor
 The turtle
Adding is slow.
Academic
Rigor

The
leopard is
fast.
 What if the turtle didn’t
Adding have a shell on its back. . .

Academic Rigor

What if the leopard had short

little legs. . .
 APPLYING WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED

Look through the worksheets provided by your

textbook or worksheets that you have used in
the past.
Create as many maps as possible, trying to add
depth of thought and rigor to the work the
students might do with the worksheet
resources.
Be ready to share these ideas with the group.