Critical thinking games
81 Fresh & Fun
Critical-Thinking
Activities
Engaging Activities and Reproducibles to
Develop Kids’ Higher-Level Thinking Skills by Laurie Rozakis
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81 Fresh & Fun Critical-Thinking Activities © Laurie Rozakis, Scholastic Teaching Resources
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Dedication
With love and thanks, I dedicate this book to all the fine teachers who have enriched my life: Barbara Bengels, Chris LaRosa, Ed Leigh, Jack McGrath,
Jim Pepperman, Jennifer Richmond, Elizabeth Simmons, Lenore Strober, and Tom Thibadeau.
Scholastic Inc. grants teachers permission to photocopy the activity sheets from this book for classroom use. No other part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, without written permission of the publisher. For information regarding permission, write to Scholastic Professional Books, 555 Broadway,
New York, NY 10012-3999.
Cover design by Jaime Lucero
Interior design by Jaime Lucero and Robert Dominguez for Grafica, Inc.
Interior illustrations by Maxie Chambliss
ISBN: 0-590-37526-1
Copyright © 1998 by Laurie Rozakis. All rights reserved.
Printed in the U.S.A.
81 Fresh & Fun Critical-Thinking Activities © Laurie Rozakis, Scholastic Teaching Resources
Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Recognizing and Recalling Activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Distinguishing and Visualizing Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Activities for Following Directions and Classifying . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Sequencing and Predicting Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Activities for Inferring and Drawing Conclusions. . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Evaluating Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Critical-Thinking
Activities
Engaging Activities and Reproducibles to
Develop Kids’ Higher-Level Thinking Skills by Laurie Rozakis
S
C
H
O
L
A
S
T
I
C
PROFESSIONALBOOKS
New York
T oronto London
Aukland
81 Fresh & Fun Critical-Thinking Activities © Laurie Rozakis, Scholastic Teaching Resources
Sydney
Dedication
With love and thanks, I dedicate this book to all the fine teachers who have enriched my life: Barbara Bengels, Chris LaRosa, Ed Leigh, Jack McGrath,
Jim Pepperman, Jennifer Richmond, Elizabeth Simmons, Lenore Strober, and Tom Thibadeau.
Scholastic Inc. grants teachers permission to photocopy the activity sheets from this book for classroom use. No other part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, without written permission of the publisher. For information regarding permission, write to Scholastic Professional Books, 555 Broadway,
New York, NY 10012-3999.
Cover design by Jaime Lucero
Interior design by Jaime Lucero and Robert Dominguez for Grafica, Inc.
Interior illustrations by Maxie Chambliss
ISBN: 0-590-37526-1
Copyright © 1998 by Laurie Rozakis. All rights reserved.
Printed in the U.S.A.
81 Fresh & Fun Critical-Thinking Activities © Laurie Rozakis, Scholastic Teaching Resources
Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Recognizing and Recalling Activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Distinguishing and Visualizing Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Activities for Following Directions and Classifying . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Sequencing and Predicting Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Activities for Inferring and Drawing Conclusions. . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Evaluating Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74