Critical Thinking

Fractured Fairy Tales Based on Blooms Taxonomy. Your students will practice literacy and critical thinking skills as they enjoy a twist of the unexpected. Activities include: choral fractured fairy tale readings; The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales; 10 original fractured fairy tales, and write your own fractured fairy tales. 80 pages. Grade: 2-4

Spark discussions on the first day and beyond. Features 36 engaging questions about student experiences and perspectives, including: What is the most important thing you own? What do you want to be when you are older? What was the strangest dream you have had? Builds oral language, social and listening skills. Makes a great addition to character development activities. Provides direction for brainstorming before writing. Supports fluency and oral language development in ELLs and students with speech impairments. Includes Activity Guide. Each in this set of 6 soft foam cubes measures 1.625".

Zendo comes with 40 rule cards that generate over 200 unique rules. That'll keep players guessing for a long while, but when you're ready for more, here's a set of 10 secret rule cards: one rated as Easy, four as Medium, and five as Difficult. These cards will generate 52 different rules, but don't let anyone read these cards until someone is ready to moderate a session. The fun is in figuring it out, so please keep the secret rules secret!

Winner of the 2009 Parents' Choice Gold Award Named one of the best educational toys by USA Weekend Solve the Puzzle to Stop the Stampede! The Story . . . The river is rising and the rapids are raging! Can you help the animals to safety by solving the puzzle? AnimaLogic is a brilliant new puzzle game that will have children working their brain overtime to solve these wonderfully smart safari stumpers! Lions, hippos, giraffes and camels are all waiting to get to the other side of the river. The animals know they may only cross the river bridge one at a time and they must travel in the proper order to safely arrive at the other side. With sixty puzzles and five levels of difficulty (beginner to advanced), these logic puzzles have players solving the correct sequence to remove the sixteen wooden animals from the game board. Expect sequencing, color and object recognition, and matching abilities to refine quickly. For logic building - AnimaLogic is progressively more challenging with each puzzle attempt - it's WILDLY effective entertainment! AnimaLogic captures the interest of the whole family. ·Marvelously high quality, educational game ·Captures interest of a wide range of ages and abilities ·Game Contents: ·16 wooden animals in yellow, blue, green and red. ·4 lions—1 each of yellow, blue, green and red ·4 hippos—1 each of yellow, blue, green and red ·4 giraffes—1 each of yellow, blue, green and red ·4 camels—1 each of yellow, blue, green and red ·Durable game board ·Game notebook (includes 60 full color puzzles and solutions)

Show off your knowledge of American Trivia by answering these 150 fascinating, sometimes quirky questions about the United States. As with all WordTeasers decks, each card contains a wide range of information about the place or person discussed on the card! Sure to be a big hit among kids of all ages.

This easy-to-implement resource includes accompanying document-based questions that focus on key strategies for breaking down informational text to help students build cross-curricular reading skills. A document-based assessment sheet is also provided for each passage so students can investigate the text in even deeper and more meaningful ways. This resource is aligned to state and national standards and supports the development of college and career readiness skills.

Mind Benders®, our best-selling deductive thinking puzzles, develop logic, reading comprehension, and mental organizational skills that are vital to achieving high grades and top test scores in all subjects. They're also great for developing real-life, problem-solving skills. Methods Your students will learn to carefully analyze each Mind Benders® puzzle and its clues, identifying logical associations between people, places, and things. The key is to start with the most obvious associations, then deduce less obvious associations until everything finally fits together. Teaching Support Includes step-by-step instructions and detailed answers. Book levels spiral in difficulty within grade range.

Move over Sudoku, here come Balance Benders™! You can use these books as quick, fun logic problems or as stepping stones to success in algebra. Children develop deductive thinking and pre-algebra skills as they solve balance puzzles that are more fun and addictive than Sudoku puzzles! Children must analyze each balance to identify the clues, and then synthesize the information to solve the puzzle. Try one -- and then try to stop!

All the information you need to solve the mystery is in the puzzle story; everything you need to deduce, reason and organize your thoughts is in the handy grid below. A great addition to our Perplexors puzzle collection, Grid Perplexors teach kids a step-by-step process that keeps their thinking linear and focused. Great practice for standardized tests that reward logic skills. Paperback; 50 puzzles on 56 pages. Recommended Ages: Ages 8 to 9

Pick up a pencil and sharpen your deductive reasoning skills with these challenging logic puzzles. Each puzzle categorizes information and lists clues below. By using the "cross-out-and-circle" technique, you will practice logical thinking in order to find the correct answer. Includes 48 full-page puzzles with solutions. Reproducible. Recommended Ages: Ages 8 to 9

The 180 Days of Problem Solving for Grade 5 offers daily problem solving practice geared towards developing the critical thinking skills needed to approach complex problems. This teacher-friendly resource provides thematic units that connect to a standards-based skill that fifth grade students are expected to know to advance to the next level. Lesson plans offer guidance and support for every day of the week, outlining strategies and activities that dig deeper than routine word problems. Each week students will use visual representations and analyze different types of word problems (including non-routine, multi-step, higher thinking problems). This comprehensive resource builds critical thinking skills and connects to national and state standards.

Teaching the Brain: the new science of education helps teachers and parents understand how the brain develops in the classroom and the best techniques available for accelerated learning. Arm yourself with the most current neuro-scientific information and lead your children down the path to success. With this guide to cutting edge research, you'll find the keys to unlocking the learning potential in your students. Understand language, reading, spelling and writing acquisition in the brain. Recognize and overcome learning problems, including the differences behind dyslexia, dyscalculia, ADHD and autism.