Bridge map
is the capital of
Paris
France
as
Tokyo
Japan
as
Canberra
Australia
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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.”
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
- 1First pairParisFrance
- 2Say howis the capital ofParisFrance
- 3More pairsis the capital ofParisFranceasTokyoJapanasCanberraAustralia
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Questions
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