Skill Sharpeners: Critical Thinking, Grade 1 Workbook

By Evan-Moor Educational Publishers and Evan Moor

Foster your first 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 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 1st grade themes:

Animals: Cats and Dogs; Giraffes and Elephants Plants: Trees and Flowers; Fruits and Vegetables Transportation: Cars, Trucks, and Buses; Planes and Trains Places: The Playground and the Beach; Home and School

Grade 1 activities include puzzles, word problems, drawings, and matching that involve critical thinking skills such as:

Analyze Solve Reason Decode Create, and more

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

About Evan-Moor Educational Publishers

Igniting young minds to help every child learn and succeed Evan-Moor creates engaging and meaningful learning resources for children in grades PreK - 8. Trusted by parents and teachers for over 45 years, Evan-Moor's award-winning resources are thoughtfully developed to nurture children's hearts and minds to help them reach their full potential.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 162938349X
• ISBN13: 9781629383491
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 10.7"
• Age Range: 6 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 2