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Free Printable Bridge Map

A blank bridge map for analogies: three rows, each with a relating factor line and three pairs joined by "as" bridges.

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Use it withContext Clues WorksheetsPassages that practice working out word meanings, the groundwork for word analogies.
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About the bridge map

A bridge map is for seeing analogies. Each pair of words sits above and below the line, the bridges between pairs read "as", and the relating factor names the connection that every pair shares.

Read it aloud as a sentence: "a puppy is the baby of a dog, as a kitten is the baby of a cat." It works for vocabulary, opposites, tools and their uses, states and capitals, or inventors and inventions. This sheet has three bridge maps on one page.

Frequently Asked Questions

The relationship every pair shares, such as "is the baby of" or "is the opposite of". Writing it down first keeps every pair on the map following the same rule.
Simple bridge maps with opposites or animal babies work from 1st grade. Older students use them for vocabulary, history, and science analogies.
No. Thinking Maps is a registered trademark of Thinking Maps, Inc., which sells the official program and teacher training. These are free blank templates in the same eight shapes, under the names teachers use for them.