Fundamental thinking skills. As students work through the 20 visual exercises in this book, they learn to classify everything from “ocean creatures” to “things that fly.”
Matching and coloring activities give students further practice grouping similar and dissimilar objects. The creative illustrations featured make the learning fun.
These stimulating and varied resources, strategies, and ideas have been designed to aid educators in equipping young people with vital critical thinking skills through the learning of English.
In a rapidly changing and ever-more competitive world, it is of the utmost importance that children leave school with the learning skills and mindsets needed to take on wide-ranging challenges and obstacles. Learning to think critically can enable them to become rational, reflective, and resourceful learners, who are able to comprehend information beyond the 'surface' or 'initial' level. These skills of tackling misconceptions and given truths, and critically analysing and evaluating what they are presented with, can also be of vital importance in developing a deep understanding of English concepts.
Grounded in education research, the initial section of this pack contains a number of resources that will be of use to CPD leaders, including links to clear explanatory videos and theory. The second section of the resource pack contains strategies, ideas, and resources for teachers looking to build English skills in critical thinking through the key areas of comprehension, SPAG, and vocabulary.
All images and videos are licensed for commercial use, and where necessary are cited on the final slide of the PowerPoint presentation.
A set of 48 question cards which allow students to think about how to achieve a number of different skills in Slides, Docs, Sheets and Drawings. Perfect to use as bell work or even review activities as these cards do generate a discussion amongst your students.
This file contains 4 question cards per page (12 pages in total). Question cards can be printed in color, cut out, laminated and then given to students to use.
Question cards for Docs, Drawings, Sheets & Slides can also be purchased separately from my store if you do not want to buy the bundle.
This bundle includes the following Question Cards:
12 Google Slides Question Cards:
• Google slides features
• Tools in Google Slides
• Insert Images
• Insert shapes
• Insert word art
• Difference between animations and transitions
• Animations in slides
• Creating tables
• Shading table
• Google Slides interface
• Downloading Slides to PowerPoint
• Google Slides definitions
12 Google Sheets Question Cards:
• Formatting Google Sheets
• Deleting Columns
• Spreadsheet Features
• Cell References in Google Sheets
• Pie Charts
• Formulae
• Google Sheet Keywords
• Difference between Formulae and Formula
• Creating Charts
• Chart Items
• Adding fill color to Google Sheets
• Customizing pie charts
12 Google Drawings Question Cards:
• Inserting images
• Inserting Word Art
• Duplicating Shapes
• Drawings Tools
• Formatting Shapes
• Features of Google Drawings
• Google Docs Interface
• Changing Shapes
• Rotating Shapes
• Downloading Drawings
• Google Drawings definitions
12 Google Docs Question Cards:
• Creating Tables
• Page Numbers
• Insert Images
• Formatting Text
• Formatting Tables
• Features of Google Docs
• Google Docs Interface
• Paragraph alignment
• Line spacing
• Bullet Points
• Downloading Docs to Word
• Google Docs definitions
Teach the thinking process! Experts agree that when “thinking power” is improved, reading, comprehension, problem-solving, and writing abilities will follow suit. The 28, highly visual lessons in this unit utilize word searches, puzzles, and color coding to teach students to identify inferences. (“I have black and white fur. I live in the forest. Sometimes I smell bad. What am I?).Following directions are also covered. (Write the names of each creature pictured. “Fred is the biggest. Ned is bigger than Jed. One is named Ted. Jed is not the smallest.”)The inclusion of creative illustrations greatly assists the learning process. The easy-to-use activities are sure to improve critical thinking skills.
Teach the thinking process! Experts agree that when “thinking power” is improved, reading, comprehension, problem-solving, and writing abilities will follow suit. The 25, highly visual lessons in this unit utilize art, calendars, advertisements, signs, and more from which students draw solutions. (A playground is pictured. “Draw a red line to show one way to go from the swings to the pond.”) Finding facts are also covered. (A May calendar is shown. “What is the number of the first Monday?”)The inclusion of creative illustrations greatly assists the learning process. The easy-to-use activities are sure to improve critical thinking skills.
Experts agree that when “thinking power” is improved, reading, comprehension, problem-solving, and writing abilities will follow suit.The 26, highly visual lessons in this unit utilize a variety of activities to teach logic. (Read the clues and write down what Buster does on each day of the week listed. “Buster has a soccer game on Thursday. He has swim lessons 3 days before soccer…..”)Of course, reason is also covered. (“Mom asked Jill to stir the soup so it would not burn. What does Jill need to get?)The inclusion of creative illustrations greatly assists the learning process. The easy-to-use activities are sure to improve critical thinking skills.
Teach the thinking process! Experts agree that when “thinking power” is improved, reading, comprehension, problem-solving, and writing abilities will follow suit. The 26, highly visual lessons in this unit utilize word, image, and shape associations to make students aware of the similarities and differences between objects and word meanings. “See how the pictures are different. How many differences can you find?”) Analogies are also covered. (“Bite is to Dog as Sting is to ___: Bee, Hurt, Bear.”)The inclusion of creative illustrations greatly assists the learning process. The easy-to-use activities are sure to improve critical thinking skills.
Are you looking for fun spring activities?
Engage your students in fun and challenging Spring-themed activities with these printable Spring Puzzle Mazes! These 10 black and white pages feature illustrations of popular Spring motifs such as bee, butterfly, bird, tulip, ladybug and more, and are designed to help kids improve problem-solving skills while having fun coloring and finding the right way through the maze.
Perfect for Spring break activities, spring coloring pages, after spring break activities, before spring break activities…
This Spring printable is an excellent resource for teachers looking to provide their students with engaging and entertaining learning activities.
Each activity comes with a how-to-guide as well as the key skills your students will be covering. Material lists for each activity are also included.
These STEM challenges have been designed to be used within a PreK and Kinder age range. However, these activities are also fun and can be adapted with minor tweaks for an older age range.
Accessibility and Suitability
All materials needed can be found at home or school. No special trips to the store should be needed. These challenges are ideal for:
Classroom - Individual,pairs and small groups
Homeschooling - Fun and interactive challenges, little tweaking to enhance more creativity and math
After-school clubs- Fun, Educational learning
10 STEM Challenges
Shape pictures
Building bridges out of recycled materials
Taking sides
Making butterflies out of tissue paper
Crackle painting
Milk painting
Symmetry pictures
Color walk
Mixing primary colors
Hot/Cold. Happy/Sad. Open/Close. Many/Few. These are just a few of the 20 opposites explored in this book. With each exercise, students read a vocabulary word, practice tracing it, then color two of the three images that it describes. As students progress, they will improve their vocabulary, reading, handwriting, fine motor, and critical thinking skills.
The download comprises a FREE teacher training lesson/session that can be used 2-3 times with the same group or as a one-off. The aim of the session is to demonstrate techniques of structuring debates/discussions, inspiring P4C in classrooms, and fostering cross-curricular critical thinking.
These activities are illustrated with reference to interesting debates about pedagogy, philosophy, ethics, the school, and teaching practice (most of which will be relevant to the teachers and trainee teachers (and other classroom practitioners) in your school.
It is ideal for teacher training courses, or for ‘staff room morning training sessions’ that I know are often a feature of professional development in schools.
It is offered freely so that teachers can see the ‘Philosophy Boxes’ method in action: mild ‘plugging’ of the availability of other PHILOSOPHY BOXES downloads (which you can find on TES for virtually every subject) is featured in the presentation. I hope that, if you like this teaching method, you don’t mind helping me sell a few more! :)
The Philosophy Boxes Method presents students with a set of ‘mystery boxes’, when a student selects one of the boxes they are presented with 1 of 21 discussion/debate activities [that use 1 of 8 different formats].
The presentation has integrated AfL so that teachers can test knowledge at any point in the lesson. There are 10 different AfL slides to choose from.
The design is colourful, animated, fun and engaging: all activities require movement and teachers can decide whether students are expressing their ideas purely verbally or by using post-it notes.
The nature of the design is that it can be used for short sessions (5-10 minutes) or much longer sessions (up to 2 hours!) - it allows for classroom practitioners to be flexible and adaptable. It can, therefore, be used in lessons or as a tutor-time activity.
The download includes a PowerPoint Show; if you would like an editable PPT presentation so that you can make your own ‘Philosophy Boxes’ presentation you will need to download the template here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-the-philosophy-boxes-method-template-for-creating-your-own-philosophy-boxes-lessons-p4c-p4k-11463227
A complete selection of Philosophy Boxes lessons can be found here: https://www.tes.com/resources/search/?&q=philosophy+boxes+godwin86
Other bundles of ‘Philosophy Boxes’ lessons exist, depending on your needs.
This bundle contains 20 debate generators for various secondary school subjects.
Those buying this bundle are given tacit permission by the author to share with their colleagues in their school (but not outside of your school please!).
This is an ideal purchase for SLT/Heads to encourage critical-thinking, P4C and meta-cognitive thinking around their school. It even includes a Pedagogical Debate Generator that can be used with teachers as a training tool!
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GCSE Religious Studies
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GCSE Sociology Resources
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KS3 RE Units
Copyright Adam Godwin (2018)
This bundle is for a collection of ‘Philosophy Boxes’ lessons/sessions.
Each session comprises a P4C lesson/session that can be used 2-3 times with the same group.
This download includes 19 out of the 20 sessions, the 20th file is the template (worth £9.99) that allows you to create your own ‘Philosophy Boxes’ sessions.
The Philosophy Boxes Method is a new approach to P4C designed for students in KS1, 2 & 3: it is graphically stimulating, engaging, and fun. This download is also suitable for older students: but the format was designed with younger students in mind.
The aim of Philosophy Boxes is to bring philosophy and critical thinking into every subject at every level: we believe that any subject becomes philosophy when students are asked the right questions and when they think about a topic hard enough and on the deepest (most fundamental) level.
The Philosophy Boxes Method presents students with a set of ‘mystery boxes’, when a student selects one of the boxes they are presented with 1 of 21 discussion/debate activities [that use 1 of 8 different formats].
The presentation has integrated AfL so that teachers can test knowledge at any point in the lesson. There are 10 different AfL slides to choose from.
The design is colourful, animated, fun and engaging: all activities require movement and teachers can decide whether students are expressing their ideas purely verbally or by using post-it notes.
The nature of the design is that it can be used for short sessions (5-10 minutes) or much longer sessions (up to 2 hours!) - it allows for classroom practitioners to be flexible and adaptable. It can, therefore, be used in lessons or as a tutor-time activity.
The download includes a PowerPoint Show; if you would like an editable PPT presentation so that you can make your own ‘Philosophy Boxes’ presentation you will need to download the template here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-the-philosophy-boxes-method-template-for-creating-your-own-philosophy-boxes-lessons-p4c-p4k-11463227
A complete selection of Philosophy Boxes lessons can be found here: https://www.tes.com/resources/search/?&q=philosophy+boxes+godwin86
Other bundles of ‘Philosophy Boxes’ lessons exist, depending on your need.
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Check-out some of our most popular resources on TES!
GCSE Religious Studies
Buddhism (20 Lesson Unit)
Buddhism (Thematic Studies Units)
Christianity (Thematic Studies Units)
Hinduism (20 Lesson Unit)
Hinduism (Thematic Studies Units)
Islam (Thematic Studies Units)
.
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GCSE Sociology Resources
Complete Units (Whole Course)
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AS/A2 Revision Sessions
OCR Religious Studies
AQA Philosophy
AQA Sociology
.
Philosophy for Children (P4C)
The Ultimate P4C Resource Pack
The Debating Society Toolkit
Philosophy Boxes
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Other Tools
A3 DIRT Worksheet (15+ 5-star ratings!)
KS3 RE Units
Get students thinking about sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing with these fun activities!
This unit includes 24 activities that use the five senses to reinforce other skills such as reading, rhyming, graphing, visual discrimination, thinking skills, math, and much more!
Skills Covered Include:
- Vocabulary
- Cause & Effects
- Critical Thinking
- Cooperative Learning
- Comprehension
- Graphing
- Sequencing
- Following Directions
- Math
- Categorizing
- and more!
90 Brain Quest Think & Learn Cards for Preschool is an engaging and educational set of flashcards designed specifically for preschool-aged children. These cards are filled with colorful illustrations and interactive activities that help young learners develop essential skills in various subjects such as math, language, and critical thinking. Each card features a fun and age-appropriate question or prompt that encourages children to think, problem-solve, and engage in hands-on learning.
With Brain Quest Think & Learn Cards for Preschool, children can practice counting, identifying shapes, learning letters and numbers, and exploring basic concepts in a playful and interactive way. These cards are a fantastic tool for parents and educators to support early childhood development and prepare children for kindergarten. The portable and durable design makes them perfect for on-the-go learning, whether at home, in the car, or in a classroom setting. Spark curiosity and foster a love for learning with Brain Quest Think & Learn Cards for Preschool!
90 Brain Quest Think & Learn Cards for Preschool is an engaging and educational set of flashcards designed specifically for preschool-aged children. These cards are filled with colorful illustrations and interactive activities that help young learners develop essential skills in various subjects such as math, language, and critical thinking. Each card features a fun and age-appropriate question or prompt that encourages children to think, problem-solve, and engage in hands-on learning.
With Brain Quest Think & Learn Cards for Preschool, children can practice counting, identifying shapes, learning letters and numbers, and exploring basic concepts in a playful and interactive way. These cards are a fantastic tool for parents and educators to support early childhood development and prepare children for kindergarten. The portable and durable design makes them perfect for on-the-go learning, whether at home, in the car, or in a classroom setting. Spark curiosity and foster a love for learning with Brain Quest Think & Learn Cards for Preschool!
This is the create-a-country project which requires students – upper elementary, middle, or high school – to demonstrate fundamental geography skills.
I mention it is a scalable assignment. Simply, there are different versions of this two-part assignment here: an upper elementary school assignment, a middle school assignment, and a high school assignment. Of course, you can mix-and-match to fit the needs of your classes.
Both parts of this assignment require students to think critically to earn full credit. The first part of the assignment requires them to define their country’s unique characteristics. The second part is a map-making assignment in which they take the displayable characteristics from part one and illustrate them on a blank piece of paper. This can be a very powerful and engaging project!
Grab your students' attention with this fun, thematic unit about bugs and insects! This unit includes 24 activities that use insects to reinforce other skills in all subjects such as reading, writing, language, math, and much more!
Skills Covered Include:
- Vocabulary
- Cause & Effects
- Critical Thinking
- Cooperative Learning
- Comprehension
- Graphing
- Sequencing
- Following Directions
- Visual Discrimination
- Math
- Categorizing
- and more!
Grab your students' attention with this fun, thematic unit about ocean animals and sea life! This unit includes 24 activities that use sea life to reinforce other skills in all subjects such as reading, writing, language, math, and much more!
Skills Covered Include:
- Vocabulary
- Cause & Effects
- Critical Thinking
- Cooperative Learning
- Comprehension
- Graphing
- Sequencing
- Following Directions
- Visual Discrimination
- Categorizing
- and more!
Grab your students' attention with this fun, thematic unit about outer space and the solar system! This unit includes 24 activities that use space to reinforce other skills in all subjects such as reading, writing, language, math, and much more!
Skills Covered Include:
- Vocabulary
- Cause & Effects
- Critical Thinking
- Cooperative Learning
- Comprehension
- Graphing
- Sequencing
- Following Directions
- Visual Discrimination
- Elapsed Time
- Categorizing
- and more!
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