Skill Sharpeners: Critical Thinking Grade 2

By Evan-Moor Educational Publishers

Foster your second 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 challengesTap into his or her creativity with art projects and hands-on activitiesBecome 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 2nd grade themes: Animals: Alligators and Turtles; Bats and BugsMy Body: Eyes, Teeth, and Hair; Hands and FeetThings: Things We Use; Things We LikePlaces: Oceans and Forests; Deserts
Grade 2 activities include puzzles, word problems, riddles, and drawings that involve critical thinking skills such as: AnalyzeSolveJustifyCategorizeCreate, 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 skillsSample pacing guide to complete lessons and activitiesTeaching suggestions for learning to problem solveExtension activities that include journals, behavioral verbs, and additional discussion topics

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1629383503
• ISBN13: 9781629383507
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.3" x 10.8"
• Age Range: 7 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 3