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Thinking Skills
Grade 1 and 2
Author: Jill NorrisEditor: Marilyn EvansIllustrator: Don RobisonDesktop Design: Joy Evans
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EMC 482
Think Critically • Think Logically • Think Creatively
The variety of activities in this book will strengthen your students’ thinking
skills and enhance learning. The charts and student pages provide practice in:
• Critical Thinking - sorting, ordering, classifying, analyzing,observing, comparing & contrasting, problem solving
Charts: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35
• Logical Thinking - analogies, generalizing, predicting,patterning, deductive reasoning, problem solving
Charts: 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 36, 37
• Creative Thinking - fluency, flexibility, original ideas,divergent thinking, mental imagery, problem solving
Charts - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 33, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44
How to Use Thinking Skills Charts
Each lesson comprises:
• a chart that poses a problem or question
• Notes to the Teacher, which provide teaching suggestions and answers for the
chart and student page.
• a reproducible student page to be used either with the chart or as follow-up practice
Present the chart to the whole class or a small group. Either display the chart or reduce the chart on the
photocopier (60-65%) and make an overhead transparency.
Be sure to give students the opportunity to discuss how they solved each problem. By working together
on the activities, students will learn to share ideas and benefit from each other’s problem-solving
strategies.
Let your students know that you value well-thought-out strategies and creative ideas. Encourage students
to innovate, experiment, and have fun learning.
Note: There are a few charts which require recording answers or information
directly on the chart. Here are two ways to do this:
• Buy clear vinyl (“tablecloth” plastic) at a fabric store. Use clothespins to
clip the plastic over the chart. Write with erasable overhead
transparency pens.
• Reduce the chart (60-65%) on the photocopier and then make a
transparency for use on the overhead projector.
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Just a Pencil
How many uses can youthink of for a pencil?List as many as you can.
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Notes to the Teacher Skill: Fluency
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Brainstorming is an important part of shared problem solving. It is
simply generating as many ideas as possible that address a specific
topic or problem. The expression brainstorming was coined by the
American industrialist Alex Osbourne in the 1950s. He outlined ways
to generate many innovative ideas and to build up healthy group
dynamics.
When working with young students on fluency in brainstorming,
please remember:
• All ideas are valuable. (Don’t judge or evaluate
ideas during the brainstorming process.)
• It’s good to build on someone else’s idea.
• Unusual ideas are welcome.
Begin with simple questions about familiar objects. Move to more
complex problem solving as students gain fluency. After generating
ideas, move to classifying and evaluating as your students’ levels of
readiness allow.
If your students are not yet writing fluently enough to do these
worksheets independently, divide them into small groups to
brainstorm orally with a parent or cross-age tutor as the recorder.
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Answers will vary.
Answers will vary.
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Melt It!
Think of five ways to melt an ice cube.
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