Detailed Product Description
Building Thinking Skills provides highly effective verbal and nonverbal reasoning activities to improve students' vocabulary, reading, writing, math, logic, and figural-spatial skills, as well as their visual and auditory processing. This exceptional series provides a solid foundation for academic excellence and success in any assessment.
1374 activities, 408 pages.
Methods
The 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 learn to analyze relationships between objects, between words, and between objects and words as they:
- Observe, recognize, and describe characteristics.
- Distinguish similarities and differences.
- Identify and complete sequences, classifications, and analogies
These processes help students develop superior thinking and communication skills that lead to deeper content learning in all subjects.
Teaching Support
Activities are modeled to reinforce skills and concepts. An answer guide is now included.
Table of Contents/Skills
Chapter One--Describing Shapes
Describing Shapes--Select
Describing Shapes--Explain
Describing Position--Select
Describing Position--Explain
Characteristics of a Shape
Chapter Two--Figural Similarities and Differences
Matching Figures
Matching Shapes
Matching Figures
Which Shape Does Not Match?
Which Figure Does Not Match?
Finding Shapes
Finding and Tracing Patterns
Combining Shapes
Dividing Shapes into Equal Parts--A
Dividing Shapes into Equal Parts--B
Paper Folding--Select
Paper Folding--Supply
Symmetrical Patterns--Supply
Axis of Symmetry--Supply
Covering a Surface
Which Shape Completes the Square?
Copying a Figure
Enlarging Figures
Reducing Figures
Comparing Shapes--Explain
Chapter Three--Figural Sequences
Sequence of Figures--Select
Sequence of Figures--Supply
Tumbling--Shading
Tumbling (Rotating) Figures
Pattern Folding--Select
Pattern Folding--Supply
Stacking Shapes--Select
Stacking Shapes--Supply
Stacking Shapes--Explain
Chapter Four--Figural Classifications
Describing Classes
Matching Classes by Shape
Matching Classes by Pattern
Classifying More than One Way--Matching
Changing Characteristics--Select
Changing Characteristics--Supply
Draw Another
Classifying by Shape--Sorting
Classifying by Pattern--Sorting
Classifying More Than One Way--Sorting
Overlapping Classes--Intersections
Overlapping Classes--Matrix
Deduce the Class
Chapter Five--Figural Analogies
Figural Analogies--Select
Figural Analogies--Select a Pair
Describing Types of Figural Analogies
Complete the Pair
Figural Analogies--Complete
Figural Analogies--Supply
Figural Analogies--Supply a Pair
Figural Analogies--Follow the Rule
Chapter Six--Describing Things
Describing Foods--Select
Describing Animals--Select
Describing Vehicles--Select
Describing Geographic Terms--Select
Describing Occupations--Select
Describing Computer Devices--Select
Identifying Characteristics of Food
Identifying Characteristics of Animals
Identifying Characteristics of Vehicles
Identifying Characteristics of Earth Features
Describing Food--Explain
Describing Animals--Explain
Describing Vehicles--Explain
Describing Places on Earth--Explain
Describing Occupations--Explain
Name the Animal--Supply
Name the Plant--Supply
Name the Vehicle/Place--Supply
Writing Descriptions
Chapter Seven--Verbal Similarities and Differences
Opposites--Select
Opposites--Supply
Similarities--Select
Similarities--Supply
How Alike?--Select
How Alike and How Different?
Word Web--Select and Supply
Compare and Contrast--Graphic Organizer
Chapter Eight--Verbal Sequences
Following Directions--Select
Following Directions--Supply
Writing Directions
Recognizing Direction--A
Recognizing Direction--B
Describing Locations
Describing Directions
Time Sequence--Select
Time Sequence--Rank
Time Sequence--Supply
Degree of Meaning--Select
Degree of Meaning--Rank
Degree of Meaning--Supply
Transitivity--Comparison
Common Sequences
Transitivity--Family Tree
Your Family Tree
Deductive Reasoning--Instructions
Deductive Reasoning
Following Yes-No Rules--A
Following Yes-No Rules--B
Writing Yes-No Rules
Following Yes-No Rules--Supply
Completing True-False Tables
Following If-Then Rules
Following If-Then Rules--A
Following If-Then Rules--B
Graphic Organizer--Cycle Diagram
Graphic Organizer--Time Line
Chapter Nine--Verbal Classifications
Parts of a Whole--Select
Class and Members--Select
Sequences Containing Classes and Subclasses
How Are These Words Alike?--Select
How Are These Nouns Alike?--Explain
How Are These Verbs Alike?--Explain
How Are These Adjectives Alike?--Explain
How Are These Weather Words Alike?--Explain
Explain the Exception
Sorting into Classes
Branching Diagrams
Diagramming Classes--Three Examples
Diagramming Classes--Select
Diagramming Classes--Select and Explain
Overlapping Classes--Matrix
Relationships--Explain
Classifying Shapes with a Bull's Eye Diagram
Classifying Shapes with a Matrix
Classifying Shapes with a Branching Diagram
Classifying Shapes with an Overlapping Classes Diagram
Chapter Ten--Verbal Analogies
Analogies--Instructions
Antonym or Synonym Analogies--Select
Association Analogies--Select
"Kind of" Analogies--Select
"Part of" Analogies--Select
"Used to" Analogies--Select
Action Analogies--Select
Antonym or Synonym Analogies--Select
Association Analogies--Select
Antonym or Synonym Analogies--Select a Pair
Association Analogies--Select Two
Analogies--Explain
Antonym or Synonym Analogies--Supply
Association Analogies--Supply
"Kind of" Analogies--Supply
"Part of" Analogies--Supply
"Used to" Analogies--Supply
Action Analogies--Supply
Analogies--Supply
Analogies--Explain and Supply a Pair
Analogies--Produce
Answers
Objective and Materials
Curriculum Applications
Teaching Suggestions
Lesson
Guided Practice
Independent Practice
Thinking about Thinking
Personal Application
