Circle Maps Transcript
Teacher: Tita Galde

Teacher [in class]: Next, I'm going to create a circle map with you and our topic right now that we're discussing right now is what?

Students: Soil!

Teacher [in class]: It is soil.

Teacher [in interview]: One of the ways we work with our students, to gather information in order to organize their thoughts are with thinking maps. And one of the thinking maps that we use is the circle map.

Teacher [in class]: And soil goes where?

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Student: In the middle!

Teacher [in class]: Yes, in the middle or in the center.

Teacher [in interview]: It's also called a graphic organizer. The center's the topic, around that what do they know.

Student: Soil is composed of pieces of rock.

Teacher [in class]: Crushed rocks.

Student: Soil is dirt.

Teacher [in class]: Dirt.

Student: Soil is rock and water.

Teacher [in class]: Okay.

Teacher [in interview]: My circle map - I have a circle within a frame.

Teacher [in class]: Like a frame, exactly.

Teacher [in interview]: In art, we always make a frame - and I tell the students that the frame is really what is around what's in the center.

Teacher [in class]: This area is where did we get information. Where can we get more information about soil? Where did you get information from?

Student: From you.

Student: A library book.

Student: A text.

Teacher [in interview]: That's again a process of getting them to think where that information comes from because we call that research.

Teacher [in class]: So, so far our topic is, what?

Students: Soil!

Teacher [in class]: You told me what you know about soil and you told me also where you can get information from...

Teacher [in interview]: Having them gather together and really understand what they know or find out what they know because I want to hold them accountable. To really think and remember that information.