Skill Sharpeners: Critical Thinking, Grade 4 Workbook -- Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, Paperback

Foster your fourth grader's critical thinking skills and see confidence soar! 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 in this series will challenge your child to use higher-order thinking skills based on Bloom's 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 4th grade themes: Animals: Wild Cats; Ocean Animals Natural Forces: Rain, Snow, and Sun; Storms, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes Transportation: Walking and Riding; Wheels and Wings Places: At School and at the Library; The Supermarket and the Restaurant Grade 4 activities include puzzles, word problems, riddles, and word games that involve critical thinking skills such as: Analyze Infer Visualize Solve Create, and more! Plus, each page lists the critical thinking skill(s) so that you know what your child is practicing. Use Skill Sharpeners: Critical Thinking for enrichment at home and help your child become a confident problem solver! Includes answer key. Every Skill Sharpeners workbook now includes a free downloadable Teaching Guide! Skill Sharpeners: Critical Thinking Teaching 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 that include journals, behavioral verbs, and additional discussion topics

Author: Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
Publisher: Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
Published: 01/01/2017
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 10.80h x 8.30w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781629383521
Audience: Ages 9-12