Circle map
Rainforest
Tall trees
Heavy rain
Monkeys
Parrots
Jaguars
Hot and wet
From our class video
Make a circle map
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What a circle 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 circle map
Describing
Write everything you know about a topic inside the big circle.
With kids
Good at the start of a new topic: what do we already know about rainforests?
Science
Collect facts for a science topic, and note in the frame where each one came from.
How to make a circle map
- 1The topicRainforest
- 2What you knowRainforestTall treesHeavy rainMonkeys
- 3Where fromRainforestTall treesHeavy rainMonkeysParrotsJaguarsHot and wetFrom our class video
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