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Mind Benders®, the best-selling deductive thinking puzzles, develop the logic, reading comprehension, and mental organization skills vital to achieving higher grades and top test scores in all subjects. They’re also great for developing real-life, problem solving skills. Students carefully analyze each Mind Benders® story and its clues, identifying logical associations between people, places, and things. The key is to start with the most obvious associations, then deduce less obvious associations until everything finally fits together. Includes step-by-step instructions and detailed answers. Grades 3-6. From The Critical Thinking Company. Learn More

Mind Benders®, the best-selling deductive thinking puzzles, develop the logic, reading comprehension, and mental organization skills vital to achieving higher grades and top test scores in all subjects. They’re also great for developing real-life, problem solving skills. Students carefully analyze each Mind Benders® story and its clues, identifying logical associations between people, places, and things. The key is to start with the most obvious associations, then deduce less obvious associations until everything finally fits together. Includes step-by-step instructions and detailed answers. Grades 3-6. From The Critical Thinking Company. Learn More

Mind Benders®, the best-selling deductive thinking puzzles, develop the logic, reading comprehension, and mental organization skills vital to achieving higher grades and top test scores in all subjects. They’re also great for developing real-life, problem solving skills. Students carefully analyze each Mind Benders® story and its clues, identifying logical associations between people, places, and things. The key is to start with the most obvious associations, then deduce less obvious associations until everything finally fits together. Includes step-by-step instructions and detailed answers. Grades 7-12. From The Critical Thinking Company. Learn More

Mind Benders®, the best-selling deductive thinking puzzles, develop the logic, reading comprehension, and mental organization skills vital to achieving higher grades and top test scores in all subjects. They’re also great for developing real-life, problem solving skills. Students carefully analyze each Mind Benders® story and its clues, identifying logical associations between people, places, and things. The key is to start with the most obvious associations, then deduce less obvious associations until everything finally fits together. Includes step-by-step instructions and detailed answers. Grades 7-12. From The Critical Thinking Company. Learn More

Mind Benders®, the best-selling deductive thinking puzzles, develop the logic, reading comprehension, and mental organization skills vital to achieving higher grades and top test scores in all subjects. They’re also great for developing real-life, problem solving skills. Students carefully analyze each Mind Benders® story and its clues, identifying logical associations between people, places, and things. The key is to start with the most obvious associations, then deduce less obvious associations until everything finally fits together. Includes step-by-step instructions and detailed answers. Grades 7-12. From The Critical Thinking Company. Learn More

Mind Benders®, the best-selling deductive thinking puzzles, develop the logic, reading comprehension, and mental organization skills vital to achieving higher grades and top test scores in all subjects. They’re also great for developing real-life, problem solving skills. Students carefully analyze each Mind Benders® story and its clues, identifying logical associations between people, places, and things. The key is to start with the most obvious associations, then deduce less obvious associations until everything finally fits together. Includes step-by-step instructions and detailed answers. Grades 7-12. From The Critical Thinking Company. Learn More

This engaging 320-page book develops 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 analogies These processes help students develop superior thinking and communication skills that lead to deeper content learning in all subjects.

LEVEL 1 Figural-Spatial Skills: Describing shapes Figures: compare / describe /copy / enlarge / divide Diagrams: overlapping classes / Venn / branching / cycle Mental pattern folding / symmetry Directionality / Position in space Mental rotation / reflection / tumbling / stacking / folding of 2-D objects Congruence / area / volume Analogies: size / color / orientation / detail Visual motor integration and memory Use of graphic organizers

Verbal Skills: Spelling / Vocabulary / Writing: describing things and words Following and writing 1-, 2-, and 3-step directions Antonyms / synonyms Analogies: kind of / part of / used to / association / action Deductive / Inductive reasoning Parts of a whole Map reading Writing directions Logic: if-then / yes-no / true-false Orientation: person / place / time Auditory memory Language acquisition

Teaching Support Activities are modeled to reinforce skills and concepts. An answer guide is included.

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This engaging 416-page book develops critical thinking skills necessary for success in reading, writing, math, science, social studies, and standardized tests in Grades 4-6. 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. 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 analogies These processes help students develop superior thinking and communication skills that lead to deeper content learning in all subjects.

LEVEL 2

Figural-Spatial Skills

Describing shapes Figures: compare / describe / copy / enlarge / divide Diagrams: overlapping classes / Venn / branching / cycle Mental pattern folding / symmetry Directionality / Position in space Mental rotation / reflection / tumbling / stacking / folding of 2-D objects Congruence / area / volume Analogies: size / color / orientation / detail Visual motor integration and memory Use of graphic organizers

Verbal Skills

Spelling / Vocabulary / Writing: describing things and words Following and writing 1-, 2-, and 3-step directions Antonyms / synonyms Analogies: kind of / part of / used to / association / action Deductive / Inductive reasoning Parts of a whole Map reading Writing directions Logic: if-then / yes-no / true-false Orientation: person / place / time Auditory memory Language acquisition

Teaching Support Activities are modeled to reinforce skills and concepts.

An answer guide is included.

From The Critical Thinking Company.

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The stories begin with the tales of the Germanic chiefs who defeated the Romans: Alaric, Genseric, and Theodoric. Then come stories of the famous kings of the Franks: Clovis, Charles Martel, and Charlemagne. The second half of the book includes chapters on Justinian, Mohammed, Harun-Al-Rashid, El Cid, William the Conqueror, Frederick Barbarossa, Tamerlane, Marco Polo, and Joan of Arc. The stories of many of these figures can’t be found for children anywhere else. Don’t just show children pictures of castles; let them read the stories of those who built them and lived in them. Can be used by elementary grades and up.

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Greenleaf Press Guide to the Famous Men of the Renaissance and Reformation. The study guide includes discussion questions and suggested activities; 60 pages, covers the 29 chapters of Famous Men of the Renaissance & Reformation. Can be used in elementary grades and up.

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U.S. Geography begins each section of the book with new vocabulary words to look up and define. Sections cover a world overview and physical, economic, political and climatic features, with map activities, review questions and bonus activities, which require further research to complete. There is also a full book review with crossword puzzles, a word search and other activities included. U.S. Geography is recommended for grades 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and Up, contains 80 pages, and included teacher instructions and answer keys. Learn More

This workbook was written to help teach children to pare down a story problem to its most essential information. Only when a student can see and understand what the most essential elements of a problem are, can he or she begin to solve the problem correctly and without frustration. Concepts include using a visual grid to solve word problems involving multiplication and division. Includes ready to use reproducible activities and answer keys. 35 pages. Recommended for grades 3rd-5th.

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This 35 page workbook was written to help teach children to pare down a story problem to its most essential information. Only when a student can see and understand what the most essential elements of a problem are, can he or she begin to solve the problem correctly and without frustration. Concepts include using visual grids to solve word problems involving mostly multiplication and division of measurements, time and money. Recommended for grades 4th-7th.

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This 44 page workbook was written to help teach children to pare down a story problem to its most essential information. Only when a student can see and understand what the most essential elements of a problem are, can he or she begin to solve the problem correctly and without frustration. Concepts include using visual grids to solve word problems involving addition and subtraction from sums to 99, no regrouping. Ready to use, reproducible activities and answer keys. Recommended for grades 1st through 3rd.

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Straight Forward Grammar Diagramming. Study the basics of diagramming rules and patterns, nouns and pronouns, verbs, modifiers, prepositions, conjunctions, special items, and more. Workbook. Elementary grades and up.

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Straight Forward Clauses and Phrases. Study adverbs, adjective and noun clauses, gerund, participal, and infinitive verbs, and more. Workbook. Elementary grades and up. A great way to help master basic English skills.

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Straight Forward Algebra Book 1 published by Garlic Press. After a quick pre-algebra review this book covers distributive law, linear equations, number lines, properties of exponents, polynomials, and factoring polynomials. It contains two chapter reviews (Ch.2-4 and Ch.5-7) as well as a cumulative review at the end of the book. Seven chapters, 71 pages, Grades 8+.

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Straight Forward Algebra Book 2 published by Garlic Press. Continuing from Book 1 this book covers graphing linear equations, systems of equations, rational and radical expressions, and quadratic equations. There are two chapter reviews (Ch 1-3 and Ch 4-5) as well as a cumulative review at the end of the book. Five chapters, 85 pages, Grades 8+.

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Study action verbs, linking verbs, verb tenses, helping and irregular verbs, and more. Workbook. Elementary grades and up.

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Study sentence structure, subject and predicate, and more work with sentences. Workbook. Elementary grades and up.

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Straight Forward Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections. Learn to recognize prepositions, object of the preposition, prepositional phrases, correlative and subordinate conjunctions. Workbook. Elementary grades and up. .

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Straight Forward Nouns and Pronouns. Study singular and plural nouns, common and proper nouns, subject and object pronouns, and more. Workbook. Elementary grades and up.

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p>Spelling Power Student Record Book - Each Spelling Power Student Record Book contains enough sheets for one student to master at least one level of the Spelling Power program. Conveniently bound, with all forms printed in blue so the student’s own handwriting stands out. Available in 3 different line sizes. Yellow is the student notebook recommended for grades 6 and up, softcover. Learn More

p>Spelling Power Student Record Book - Each Spelling Power Student Record Book contains enough sheets for one student to master at least one level of the Spelling Power program. Conveniently bound, with all forms printed in blue so the student’s own handwriting stands out. Available in 3 different line sizes. Blue is the student notebook recommended for grades 2-4, softcover. Learn More