Foster your sixth grader's critical thinking skills and see confidence soar with this engaging full-color workbook!
Children are naturally inquisitive from infancy, yet creative and problem-solving skills need to be nurtured as children grow. Like reading and math skills, critical thinking skills require practice.
The variety of fun and creative activities inSkill Sharpeners: Critical Thinkingwill challenge your child to use higher-order thinking skills based on Blooms Taxonomy.
Every page provides a new and interesting activity that will help your child:
- Think outside the box and use higher-order thinking skills through open-ended questions and challenges
- Tap into his or her creativity with art projects and hands-on activities
- Become a better learner by practicing critical thinking skills in cross-curricular activities (based on science, math, social studies, and language arts content)
The 100+ activities are organized around these 6th grade themes:- Animal Kingdom: Predators; Prey
- Time: Looking Back; Looking Forward
- Technology: Solutions; Whats Possible?
- Places: At Home; Around Town
Grade 6 activities include word games, word problems, riddles, and drawings that involve critical thinking skills such as:- Solve
- Conclude
- Compute
- Produce
- Create, and more!
Plus, each page lists the critical thinking skill(s) so that you know what your child is practicing.
Includes answer key.
EverySkill Sharpenersworkbook now includes a free downloadable Teaching Guide! TheSkill Sharpeners: Critical ThinkingTeaching Guides include:
- How to Use directions for teaching critical thinking skills
- Sample pacing guide to complete lessons and activities
- Teaching suggestions for learning to problem solve
- Extension activities thal#â