{"product_id":"second-grade-thinking-skills-key-concepts-student-book-te-bundle","title":"Second Grade Thinking Skills \u0026 Key Concepts Student Book + TE Bundle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"description_text\"\u003eSKU 3675\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"description_text\"\u003eBundle includes the Student Workbook and192-page Teacher's Edition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"description_text\"\u003eThis highly-effective, standards-based, 160-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, patterns, matter, water, weather, land forms, bodies of water living and non-living things, communities, our country.\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.\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\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"description_text\"\u003e192 page \u003cspan\u003eTeacher'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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Critical Thinking Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56267230675110,"sku":"3675","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0405\/1157\/0086\/files\/2nd.jpg?v=1773160347","url":"https:\/\/www.abrighterchild.com\/products\/second-grade-thinking-skills-key-concepts-student-book-te-bundle","provider":"A Brighter Child Homeschool \u0026 Educational Supplies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}