{"product_id":"first-grade-thinking-skills-key-concepts-student-workbook","title":"First Grade Thinking Skills \u0026 Key Concepts Student Workbook","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"description_text\"\u003eSKU 0052\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"description_text\"\u003eThis highly-effective, standards-based, 168-page book is a research-based instructional program that teaches beyond most state and Common Core standards by:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImproving children's observation and description skills\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeveloping academic vocabulary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeveloping thinking skills that underlie content learning (describing\/defining, identifying similarities and differences, sequencing, and classifying)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImproving students' understanding of key concepts in mathematics, social studies, and science\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStudents completing structured exercises to write sentences and paragraphs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarefully sequencing lessons to develop thinking skills\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmploying language integration techniques to teach thinking skills and key concepts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"description_text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"description_header\"\u003eAcademic Vocabulary Development\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eThe program builds academic vocabulary using these important concepts: describe, compare and contrast, and classify shapes, position, land forms, bodies of water, living and non-living things, food, animals, family members, jobs, vehicles, and places.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"description_header\"\u003eObservation Skills\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eObservation lessons involve concrete examples using detailed photographs to develop observation skills. The student book provides activities that students may use to clarify their thinking and learning by peer and class discussion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"description_text\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Teacher's Manual provides instructions to teach the lessons using research-proven methods that promote students' thinking:  direct instruction, cooperative learning, whole sentence responding, and language integration activities (Sold separately, Item #0057)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"description_header\"\u003eSpatial Thinking Skills\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    • Describing Shapes – naming shapes, finding shapes to match a description, describing characteristics of a shape\u003cbr\u003e    • Similarities and Differences – matching and combining shapes, producing equal figures, figure completion\u003cbr\u003e    • Sequences – recognizing and producing the next figure in a sequence\u003cbr\u003e    • Classification – classifying by shape and\/or color, forming classes, depicting overlapping classes\u003cbr\u003e    • Using positional and directional words\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"description_text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"description_header\"\u003eVerbal Thinking Skills\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    • Describing – matching a picture to a description, describing people, animals, or objects shown in pictures, part\/whole analysis\u003cbr\u003e    • Similarities and Differences – selecting similar people, animals, or objects, explaining similarities and differences\u003cbr\u003e    • Sequences – ranking objects or people by a significant characteristic\u003cbr\u003e    • Classifications – explaining characteristics of a class, exceptions, sorting into classes\u003cbr\u003e    • Analogies – naming the kind of analogy or completing the analogy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"description_text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"description_header\"\u003eMental Models\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eThis book teaches the characteristics outlined in its mental models needed to describe or define a concept.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"description_header\"\u003eHow We Know It Works\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    • Increased scores on language proficiency and cognitive abilities tests\u003cbr\u003e    • Increased scores on normed or criterion-referenced achievement tests\u003cbr\u003e    • Proficient student writing\u003cbr\u003e    • Increased number of students placed in advanced classes and subsequent successful performance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Critical Thinking Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56267240931494,"sku":"0052","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0405\/1157\/0086\/files\/1stsb.gif?v=1773162793","url":"https:\/\/www.abrighterchild.com\/products\/first-grade-thinking-skills-key-concepts-student-workbook","provider":"A Brighter Child Homeschool \u0026 Educational Supplies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}