Skill Sharpeners Critical Thinking, Grade 4

Foster your fourth 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 in Skill Sharpeners: Critical Thinking will 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 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. Includes answer key. Every Skill Sharpeners workbook now includes a free downloadable Teaching Guide! The 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