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
About Evan-Moor
A 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.
