Description & FeaturesThis engaging 320-page book develops the critical thinking skills necessary for success in reading, writing, math, science, social studies, and standardized tests in Grades 2-3. The Building Thinking Skills® series is the bestselling thinking skills program in the world! The engaging, highly-effective activities are developmentally sequenced. Each skill (for example, classifying) is presented first in the semi-concrete, figural-spatial form and then in the abstract verbal form. Students also learn important academic vocabulary, concepts, and skills as they analyze relationships between objects, between words, and between objects and words by: - Observing, recognizing, and describing characteristics - Distinguishing similarities and differences - Identifying and completing sequences, classifications, and analogiesThese processes help students develop superior thinking and communication skills that lead to deeper content learning in all subjects.LEVEL 1 Figural-Spatial SkillsDescribing shapesFigures: compare / describe /copy / enlarge / divideDiagrams: overlapping classes / Venn / branching / cycleMental pattern folding / symmetryDirectionality / Position in spaceMental rotation / reflection / tumbling / stacking / folding of 2-D objectsCongruence / area / volumeAnalogies: size / color / orientation / detailVisual motor integration and memoryUse of graphic organizers Verbal SkillsSpelling / Vocabulary / Writing: describing things and wordsFollowing and writing 1-, 2-, and 3-step directionsAntonyms / synonymsAnalogies: kind of / part of / used to / association / actionDeductive / Inductive reasoningParts of a wholeMap readingWriting directionsLogic: if-then / yes-no / true-falseOrientation: person / place / timeAuditory memoryLanguage acquisitionTeaching SupportActivities are modeled to reinforce skills and concepts. An answer guide is included.
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