• Thinking Maps
    Hartford Sylvia Encinas Elementary is proud to offer our students Thinking Maps and Write From the Beginning.
     
    Through the use Thinking Maps, students are better able to create visual patterns that represent their thinking.  There are 8 maps that the students use individually or in combinations to represent their learning.
     
    They are:
    Maps:                     Type of Thinking:
    Circle Map                  Define
    Bubble Map           Describe
    Tree Map                  Classify or Sort
    Double Bubble        Compare and Contrast
    Flow Map                  Sequence 
    Multi-Flow Map     Cause and Effect 
    Bridge Map             Analogies and Relationships
    Brace Map              Part to Whole 
     
    Write From the Beginning
    Thinking Maps build a strong foundation that allow studens at HSE to use comprhensive writing program Write From the Beginning. This assists students in writing focused and organized pieces of writing.  Write from the Beginning provides teachers with a clear way to differentiate instruction along with having clear expectations for each grade level.