Bridge map

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What a bridge map is

“A graphic organizer, also known as a knowledge map, concept map, story map, cognitive organizer, advance organizer, or concept diagram, is a pedagogical tool that uses visual symbols to express knowledge and concepts through relationships between them.”
From Wikipedia — Graphic organizer — CC BY-SA 4.0

Types of Thinking Maps

When to use a bridge map

  • Comparing

    Show two pairs linked the same way: Paris is to France as Tokyo is to Japan.

  • New words

    Practise “this is to that” puzzles, which often turn up in reading tests.

  • With kids

    Kids find more pairs that fit the same link.

How to make a bridge map

  1. 1First pair
  2. 2Say how
  3. 3More pairs

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