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Let's Think Critically

Activities to stimulate critical thought processes

Let's Think Critically! is the third in a series of three books on thinking skills. Links between the three enable you, the teacher, to plan entire lessons or units using activities from the books.

This third book contains a selection of activities designed to improve children's skills in questioning, reasoning, attribute listing, decision-making and analytical thinking. Its particular focus is on developing skills required for deeper levels of thinking.

Activities in this resource are grouped into six sections, each of which emphasizes some of these attributes more than others. Teacher notes at the beginning of each section briefly outline the primary purpose of the activities within that section, set out teaching points, and, in some cases, offer ideas for extension activities. The latter are designed to extend the students on a particular skill or theme, but you can decide how they should be used (e.g., for early finishers or with the entire class or group). You will also find, at the very end of the book, a series of certificates that you can photocopy and distribute to the children.

Ages: 5-12 | Pages: 52 | Code: 0235 | ISBN: 9781877390272

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Jacqui Arnold

Jacquie Arnold has been teaching at various levels of the primary school for the past 10 years. She became interested in thinking skills while studying for her Master of Education degree at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. During 2001-2002, Jacquie developed and taught a programme for gifted children. She believes that it is important to implement thinking skills strategies in all areas of the curriculum as a way to encourage children to question "Why?", and to think "outside the square".

Contents

Introduction4
Section One: Decision-making, Reasoning, and Predicting5
Teacher Notes5
Sleepover6
Who Would You Sit Beside?7
The $100 Gift8
Summer Holiday9
Sea Voyage 111
Sea Voyage 213
What Is the Reason?14
What Do You Think?15
What Might Happen Next?16
Logical Reasoning17
Section Two: Attribute Listing and Comparing and Contrasting18
Teacher Notes18
Describe It19
Describe the Attributes20
What Can You See?21
What Can You Remember?22
Using Your Senses23
Attribute Time24
Flowers versus Eggs25
Compare and Contrast26
Section Three: Questioning Skills27
Teacher Notes27
Time to Question28
Question Time One29
Question Time Two30
Questions, Questions31
Discover the Facts32
What Is the Meaning?33
Do You Understand?34
Section Four: Discerning Fact versus Opinion35
Teacher Notes35
Fact or Opinion?36
Facts and Opinions about Dogs37
Reviews: Facts or Opinions?38
Newspaper Articles: Facts or Opinions?39
Section Five: Levels of Thinking40
Teacher Notes40
Exploring41
More Exploring42
Even More Exploring43
Section Six: Reasoning44
Teacher Notes44
Imagine if . . . (sample worksheets)45
Imagine if . . . (master sheet)51
Certificates52