Graphic Organizers that Support Specific Thinking Skills

Thinking Skills	Questions	Graphic Organizers/ Thinking Maps
Describing Qualities	What are you describing? What are its qualities?	Bubble Map ClarisWorks file .pdf file
Classifying/Categorizing	What sort of thing is this? What are the sub-categories? What other things can go into these sub-categories?                       Somers CSD example	Tree Map ClarisWorks file .pdf file Chart MS Word file .pdf file
Compare and Contrast	What are the similar and different qualities of these things? What qualities of each thing correspond to one another? In what way?                         Somers CSD examples NYS Ed examples	Modified Venn ClarisWorks file .pdf file Ladder Map ClarisWorks file .pdf file
Sequencing	What happened? What is the sequence of events? What are the substages?                       Somers CSD example	Timeline ClarisWorks file .pdf file Flow Chart ClarisWorks file .pdf file
Part to Whole	What is the whole object or concept? What are the major parts of it? What are the subparts of each major part (if any)?	Bracket Map ClarisWorks file .pdf file   Puzzle Map ClarisWorks file .pdf file
Cause and Effect	What are the causes and effects of this event? What might happen next?                               Somers CSD example	Multiple Causes Map ClarisWorks file .pdf file   Multiple Effects Map ClarisWorks file .pdf file
Point of View	What are the various perspectives? How do they impact behavior? What contributed to their development?	Point of View Map ClarisWorks file .pdf file
Problem Solving	What is the problem? What are the possible solutions? Which solution is best? How will you implement this solution?         Somers CSD example	Problem Solving Map ClarisWorks file .pdf file