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Textmapping Before I begin. . . what a long week it was! Sorry for the lack of posts this week. I have been swimming in work and haven't had a moment to post anything. In the past week, I have created and/or significantly revised 48 different literacy center activities, eight activities in six different literacy areas. I'm posting today about an instructional technique I used in class this week with great success. Have you tried TEXTMAPPING? Here's some background info from The Textmapping Project explaining exactly what it is: (If you click on the the link above, it will take you to their site, which has a wealth of information.) Textmapping is a graphic organizer technique that can be used to teach reading comprehension and writing skills, study skills, and course content. Textmapping involves long paper scrolls, colored markers, and a spatially-descriptive form of marking called mapping. Textmapping shines a light on the pre-reading process. Here's what it looked like in my classroom:

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