Evan-Moor Daily Higher-Order Thinking, Grade 2, Homeschooling and Classroom Resource Workbook, Brainteasers, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Logic Puzzles, Language Play, Drawing

ISBN: 1629384550

Author: Evan-Moor Educational Publishers

Condition: New

Critical thinking skills are more important than ever in academic and real-world situations. Daily Higher-Order Thinking provides you with daily activities that build and grow students problem-solving skills in engaging formats such as logic and visual puzzles, brainteasers, creative writing, picture comparison, word play, and what if questions.Daily 20-minute practice lessons help students apply critical thinking skills across subject areas. The lessons develop students higher-order thinking skills and allow them to integrate their learning and make deeper connections between their learning and the real world.Use Daily Higher-Order Thinking for warm-up exercises, extension activities, early finisher tasks, and small-group center activities to develop your students critical and creative thinking skills.How it works:Monday-Friday: Full-page daily activities focus on a specific behavioral verb each day. The verb is defined at the top of the page so students become aware of when and how they are using the thinking skill. Each full-page activity gives students an opportunity to practice a higher-order thinking skill in the context of a different curriculum area. Questions and tasks are open-ended and can be used to promote peer-to-peer discussions as students share and discuss answers, while also fostering critical thinking skills. An answer key provides sample responses for each days activities. Evaluate students responses based on your own expectations and on what content your students have encountered.The daily activities focus on skills such as analyzing, predicting, modeling, composing, organizing, evaluating options, designing, critiquing, and problem solving.Grade 2 activities include logic puzzles, language play, creative writing, drawing, and visual brainteasers. Daily lessons practice higher-order thinking skills such as:Comparing Grouping Identifying Inferring SolvingAbout Evan-MoorA leader in PreK-8 educational publishing, Evan-Moor has been a trusted partner of teachers and parents for over 40 years. Our mission is helping children learn, and we do this by creating resources that motivate children to learn important skills and concepts across the curriculum while also inspiring a love of learning.