Thinking Skills

Grade Level: 1-3Interest Level: N/AReading Level: N/AWhat comes next after the letter g? Put these letters in ABC order – p d i.As children move through the 44 lessons in this book, they progress from letter ordering to word order, and on to activities designed to build comfort and use of a dicti..

Grade Level: 1-3Interest Level: N/ACCSS Level: 2-3The more than 30 hands-on activities found here introduce students to bar graphs, picture graphs, and line graphs. The exercises teach students to retrieve and communicate information in this useful new way. Students will also get practice with tallyi..

Grade Level: 3-4Interest Level: N/AReading Level: N/ACreating a written plan that organizes ideas or facts in a logical order.The 24 lessons in this book will give students plenty of practice with all the basic aspects of Outlining. Exercises focus on titling, finding main and sub-topics, ide..

CCSS Level: K-12Interest Level: 2-6Reading Level: 3-4Comprehension skills will soar when you use the challenging and creative exercises featured in this 17-book series. You'll have over 450 reproducible, ready-to-go activities designed to make students smile as they practice key comprehension essen..

CCSS Level: 2-3*Interest Level: 2-6Reading Level: 3-4Teaching humor! It’s not at all absurd. In fact, absurdity is at the core of both critical cause-and-effect thinking and basic humor.Example: “We took our dog to training classes so he could learn to chase cars.” The reasoning here is absurd..

CCSS Level: 1-4*Interest Level: 2-6Reading Level: 3-4Using analogies to teach problem-solving!Example: Yogurt is to Soft as Potato Chip is to _____.As students use clues to solve the puzzles, they must make comparisons, analyze attributes, find associations, use visual/verbal discriminatio..

CCSS Level: 2-5Interest Level: 2-6Reading Level: 3-4Promote thinking!Analysis is the ability to break a whole into its component parts and understand how each functions as part of the whole. The ability to reason logically is a major skill at this step of the critical thinking process.T..

CCSS Level: 2-5Interest Level: 2-6Reading Level: 3-4Applying information. “Application” is the use of information that is recalled and understood. When students use acquired facts and skills in a new situation, they are practicing the transfer of solutions from one problem to another.The 26 lessons i..

CCSS Level: 1-3*Interest Level: 2-6Reading Level: 3-4Using object classification activities to exercising important thinking skills!Example: The category is Food. Think of an object in this category that begins with each letter of the alphabet.As students create categories using words and ..

CCSS Level: 2-5Interest Level: 2-6Reading Level: 3-4Putting knowledge to work.Comprehension implies the understanding of information and the ability to see basic relationships. The 26 lessons in this unit provide plenty of practice in areas that emphasize comprehension.Students are involved..

CCSS Level: 2-5Interest Level: 2-6Reading Level: 3-4Teach problem solving! The 24 lessons in this unit are designed to help students turn abstract problems into graphic, semi-concrete formats. This ability is an important step in the development of effective problem-solving techniques.Example: "..

CCSS Level: 2-5Interest Level: 2-6Reading Level: 3-4“Evaluation” is the most abstract and complex level of critical thinking. To evaluate or make judgments, students must accept a given criteria as the standard before being able to come to an accurate conclusion.The 25 lessons in this unit prov..

CCSS Level: 2-5Interest Level: 2-6Reading Level: 3-4The 23 lessons in this unit are designed to provide a variety of sources from which students extract factual information. The practical yet interesting formats encourage students to analyze signs, product packaging, advertisements, diagrams, receipt..

CCSS Level: 2-5Interest Level: 2-6Reading Level: 3-4Learning a life skill!At a very young age, children encounter the need to follow verbal directions. As they grow, the directions become more complex.The 23 lessons in this unit use math, language, art, and listening skills - as well as rea..

CCSS Level: 2-5Interest Level: 2-6Reading Level: 3-4Informed thinking!  “Knowledge” is defined by Bloom’s Taxonomy as “the obtaining and recall of information.” As such, it is an important step in building effective thinking and problem-solving skills. When students are able to absorb informatio..

CCSS Level: 2-5Interest Level: 2-6Reading Level: 3-4The 22 lessons in this unit cover five major areas of reasoning skills. The sequential activities featured here will most certainly help young learners develop critical thinking skills.Real vs. Make-believe: A fairy godmother? A bumpy road? A..

CCSS Level: 2-3*Interest Level: 2-6Reading Level: 3-4Bolster basic thinking!It shouldn’t be assumed that students will automatically pick up sequencing skills as a by-product of a regular curriculum. To hone this cognitive technique, it is best if students are regularly challenged to look for l..

CCSS Level: 1-3*Interest Level: 2-6Reading Level: 3-4Promote thinking!The 23 lessons in this unit take a variety of approaches to identifying similarities and differences. Picture puzzles reinforce visual discrimination. Word search activities promote single-word and short-phrase analysis.E..

CCSS Level: 2-5Interest Level: 2-6Reading Level: 3-4“Synthesis” is the ability to combine parts of a whole in new and different ways. It requires students to think flexibly, determine alternatives, and find new ways to accomplish a given task. A more advanced level of abstract thinking is neede..

CCSS Level: 2-5Interest Level: 2-6Reading Level: 3-4Putting basic logic into practice! Because logic is the basis for all reasoning skills, it is important to teach it in as many different formats as possible.The 24 lessons in this unit involve the basic skills of language, math, and visual per..

Grade Level: 4-8Interest Level: N/AReading Level: N/AThe 26 lessons in this book take students through a full range of exercises designed to further their dictionary skills. From identifying syllables, compound words and guide words, to comprehending multiple meanings, homonyms and abbreviations, the..

Grade Level: 1-8Interest Level: N/AReading Level: N/AResearch shows that dictionary use is crucial in developing vocabulary. Students will be able to take the skills learned from the activities in each book and be on their way to independently building their knowledge of words. Alphabetizing, guide w..

Grade Level: 1-8Interest Level: N/ACCSS Level: 2-3Beginning Graphing features 48 pages of hands-on activities involving bar, picture, and line graphs to teach students to retrieve and communicate information. Tables & Graphs includes more than 40 exercises in interpreting and creating a visual pre..

Grade Level: 5-8Interest Level: N/AReading Level: N/ACreating a written plan that organizes ideas or facts in a logical order.The 44 lessons in this book will give students plenty of practice with all aspects of Outlining. Exercises focus on the parts of an outline, finding main and sub-topics, w..

Grade Level: 3-8Interest Level: N/AReading Level: N/ABeginning Outlining introduces titles, main topics, subtopics, details, using an outline to write a report, and outlining a story.Outlining covers these topics in greater detail, while introducing how to write paragraphs and reports from an out..

CCSS Level: K-2Interest Level: N/AReading Level: N/AExperts agree that an improvement in thinking power leads to an improvement in reading comprehension, problem-solving ability, writing skills, and more! So give your students the tools they need to help them in the coming years with these clever act..

CCSS Level: K-2Interest Level: K-3Reading Level: N/ATeach the thinking process! Experts agree that when “thinking power” is improved, reading, comprehension, problem-solving, and writing abilities will follow suit. 32 pages.The 26, highly visual lessons in this unit utilize word, image, and sha..

CCSS Level: K-2Interest Level: N/AReading Level: N/ATeach the thinking process!Experts agree that when “thinking power” is improved, reading, comprehension, problem-solving, and writing abilities will follow suit.The 25, highly visual lessons in this unit utilize art, calendars, advertiseme..

CCSS Level: K-2Interest Level: N/AReading Level: N/ATeach the thinking process! Experts agree that when “thinking power” is improved, reading, comprehension, problem-solving, and writing abilities will follow suit.The 28, highly visual lessons in this unit utilize word searches, puzzles, and co..

CCSS Level: K-2Interest Level: N/AReading Level: N/AStructured practice in visual discrimination and perception!The 25 lessons in this unit take children a step beyond simply differentiating between “like” and “different” objects by requiring them to specify HOW two objects are similar and diff..

CCSS Level: K-1Interest Level: N/AReading Level: N/AExercise thinking skills and build vocabulary! In each of the 24 lessons in this unit, students must first answer a series of random letter-placement clues. If their “logic” is correct, the letters spell a word. Students are then challenged to write..

CCSS Level: K-2Interest Level: N/AReading Level: N/AExperts agree that when “thinking power” is improved, reading, comprehension, problem-solving, and writing abilities will follow suit.The 26, highly visual lessons in this unit utilize a variety of activities to teach logic. (Read the clues an..

Grade Level: 3-8Interest Level: N/AReading Level: N/AThese valuable resources teach about the proofreading process and using proofreading marks.Proofreading 3-4 covers corrections for capitalization, punctuation at the end of sentences, apostrophes, and misspelled words.Proofreading 5-8 cover..

Grade Level: 3-4Interest Level: N/AReading Level: N/AProofreading is the process of carefully going over a written report, story, or letter before the final copy is made. We proofread to be sure there are no mistakes, and when we find a mistake, we correct it… right?Unfortunately, for many students p..

Grade Level: 5-8Interest Level: N/AReading Level: N/AProofreading is the process of carefully going over a written report, story, or letter before the final copy is made. We proofread to be sure there are no mistakes, and when we find a mistake, we correct it… right?Unfortunately, for many studen..

Grade Level: 4-8Interest Level: N/ACCSS Level: 2-3This book includes more than 40 exercises that require interpreting and creating visual presentations of facts and information. As students work the lessons found here, they will become acquainted with a wide variety of tables and charts. They w..