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Concept Mapping

This section on concept mapping explores various visual learning aids, including anchor charts and content menus like CAFE and PATH, to enhance student understanding and retention. These tools provide structured ways to organize and visualize information, making complex concepts more accessible and engaging for learners.

Concept Mapping

Graphic Organizer: Concept Map

Help students see relationships between ideas using concept maps. Download one of our printables. 

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What's Happening to the CAFE Menu?

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Learn about the shift in the way we share it.

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Write in Menu for Students

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Print off one of these menus to help your students remember the strategies they have been taught.

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Concept Mapping with the CAFE Acronym

Use an evidence-based educational practice to help students organize information visually. Download our headers. 

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Introducing Check for Understanding: Restate the Problem (PATH)

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Let Ellen introduce this math strategy to your students. 

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Introducing the PATH Menu to Students

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In this short video, Ellen introduces the PATH Menu. Share with students and then you take over instruction to meet their specific needs.

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Printable PATH Menu Headings

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Choose the ones you like best, print them out, hand them up, and be ready for PATH instruction.

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Spanish CAFE Menu Headers

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By popular demand, printable Spanish CAFE headers! 

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Use Previous Year's Data to Set Initial Goals

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Using data from the spring helps us move seamlessly forward with instruction in the fall. 

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