Evan-Moor Skill Sharpeners Critical Thinking, Grade 4 Workbook, Problem Solving Skills, Fun Activities, Higher-Order, Open-Ended Questions and Challenges, Science, Math, Social Studies, Language Arts

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 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. 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 — ASIN: 162938352X | ISBN13: 9781629383521 | ISBN-13: 978-1629383521