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The Summer Book 8 Thinking Skills Catch-up Bundle contains:

• Summer Book 8
• Think-A-Minutes C1
  

Summer Book 8 is for students entering the eighth grade. In just one page per day, students thoroughly review math, English language arts including writing, thinking skills, and reading comprehension. A complete answer key is located at the back of the book and may be easily removed.

The top half of each page reviews math concepts. The bottom half of each page reviews language concepts. Thinking skills or reading comprehension exercises are located on the back of each page. The book includes fifty daily pages and a complete answer key located at the back of the book which may be removed easily.

Paperback. 64 pages.

Some of the math concepts reviewed are:

• adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing whole numbers, fractions, and decimals
• solving simple problems to find x
• graphing
• working with prime numbers
• working with percentages
• converting measures
• solving word problems
• finding area and volume
• using divisibility rules
• factoring numbers
• simple geometric shapes and problems

Some of the grammar and writing concepts reviewed are:

• identifying the eight parts of speech
• identifying subjects, direct objects, indirect objects, predicate nominatives, and objects of the preposition
• action, linking and helping verbs
• verb tenses
• diagramming
• antecedents
• synonyms, antonyms, homonyms
• possessive words
• punctuation
• singular and plural
• capitalization
• types of sentences
• writing paragraphs
• outlining
• optional book report

BONUS! Learn about different famous people from different countries and cultures around the world.

Think-A-Minutes C1 , one in the collection of our most popular quick, fun thinking puzzles and games, develops a variety of critical and creative thinking skills for top academic performance in all subjects. The book includes language development, math, writing, visual, spatial, and perceptual skills activities that build deductive, inductive, and logical reasoning.

Paperback. 48 pages. Reproducible.

Teaching Support

Easy-to-follow directions and answers are included.

Table of Contents/Skills
Word Benders
Quick Thinks Math
Classroom Quickies
Crossnumber Puzzles
Syllogisms
Thinking About Time
Tumbling Figures
Creative Problem Solving
Visual Tracks & Patterns
and much, much more!