Kim, I, too, teach 7th grade language arts, and our school district has adopted Thinking Maps county-wide this year. I took the Thinking Maps training last March and I was ecstatic about using them in the classroom. If you'd like to contact the trainer, Melba Johnson, she's fantastic - lively, engaging, and has taught for over 30 years. Her email is [EMAIL PROTECTED] She travels all over the US for the training, and she even has a program of her own that she calls PLANS that teaches teachers how to use all of the maps with any fiction or non-fiction writing piece.
I do know that Thinking Maps is based on Robert J. Marzano's brain research, and my kids responded very positively to them this year. The maps especially helped them with their end of grade tests because, again, I learned from Melba Johnson how to map the EOG question stems using the TM's! Hope this information helps! Pam Pittman 7th Grade ELA Beulaville Elementary School From: "kimberlee hannan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: AVID & Thinking Maps Do any of you work with the AVID program? I learned about it when I moved to middle school. I truly like some of their procedures, organization, and activities. I dislike some. If you are using it, I was wondering how you incorporate with your curriculum. We've been told that Thinking Maps will be required school-wide this year. Again, I see there are some good things about them and not so good things. If you use them, how do you incorporate them into your daily work? Kimberlee Hannan Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass; it's about learning to dance in the rain. All email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law, which may result in monitoring and disclosure to third parties, including law enforcement. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
