CONCEPT MAPS
Concept maps are effective for teaching students how to decipher important information from a text, and how to use/read charts and diagrams. There are several ways to construct concept maps. This strategy should be used during reading to organize ideas with an individual student, a group of students, or the whole class.
How to use concept maps:
Model how to identify the major ideas or concepts presented in a selection of text as you read.
Organize the ideas into categories. Remind students that your organization may change as you continue to read and add more information.
Use lines or arrows on the map to represent how ideas are connected to one another, a particular category, and/or the main concept.
After students have finished the map, encourage them to share and reflect on how they each made the connections between concepts.
Encourage students to use the concept map to summarize what was read.
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