Building Thinking Skills - Level 1

Table of Contents

  2nd-3rd grade

Chapter One--Describing Shapes

• Describing Shapes--Select
• Describing Shapes--Explain
• Following Directions
• Writing Directions
• Describing Position--A
• Describing Position--B
• Characteristics of a Shape

Chapter Two--Figural Similarities and Differences

• Matching Shapes
• Which Shape Does Not Match?
• Matching Shapes That Have Been Turned
• Finding Shapes
• Combining Interlocking Cubes
• Combining Shapes
• Finding and Tracing Patterns
• Dividing Shapes into Equal Parts--A
• Dividing Shapes into Equal Parts--B
• Dividing Shapes into Equal Parts--C
• Which Shape Completes the Square?
• Which Shapes Make Squares?
• Copying a Figure
• Drawing Identical Shapes
• Comparing Shapes--Select
• Comparing Shapes--Explain

Chapter Three-Figural Sequences

• Copying a Pattern
• Which Color Comes Next?--Select
• Which Shape Comes Next?--Select
• Tumbling--Coloring
• Tumbling--Shading
• Tumbling--Drawing
• Which Figure Comes Next?--Select (Flips)
• Which Figure Comes Next?--Select (Changes in Detail)
• Which Figure Comes Next?--Draw It!
• Describe a Sequence
• A Sequence of Polygons
• A Sequence of Angles
• Paper Folding--Select
• Paper Folding--Draw

Chapter Four--Figural Classifications

• Match a Shape to a Group
• Match a Pattern to a Group
• Select a Shape that Belongs to a Group
• Describing Classes
• Matching Classes by Shape
• Matching Classes by Pattern
• Classifying by Shape--Find the Exception
• Classifying by Pattern--Find the Exception
• Classifying More than One Way
• Classifying by Color--Sorting
• Classifying by Shape--Sorting
• Complete the Class
• Form a Class
• Draw Another
• Classifying by Shape--Sorting
• Classifying by Color--Sorting
• Classifying by Size--Sorting
• Overlapping Classes--Intersection
• Overlapping Classes--Matrix
• Writing Descriptions of Classes

Chapter Five--Figural Analogies

• Analogies with Shapes
• Building Analogies with Blocks
• Analogies with Shapes--Select
• Kinds of Analogies
• Analogies with Shapes--Complete

Chapter Six--Describing Things

• Describing Foods--Select
• Describing Animals--Select
• Describing Vehicles--Select
• Describing Places--Select
• Describing Occupations--Select
• Describing Foods--Explain
• Describing Places--Explain
• Describing Places on Earth--Explain
• Describing Animals--Explain
• Describing Occupations--Explain
• Describing Words--Select
• Name the Animal--Supply
• Name the Plant--Supply
• Name the Vehicle/Place--Supply
• Name the Occupation--Supply
• Identifying Characteristics

Chapter Seven--Verbal Similarities and Differences

• Opposites--Select
• Opposites--Supply
• Similarities--Select
• Similarities--Supply
• How Alike?--Select
• How Alike and How Different?
• Compare and Contrast--Graphic Organizer
• Comparing Living and Nonliving Things

Chapter Eight--Verbal Sequences

• Following Yes-No Rules--A
• Writing Yes-No Rules
• Following Yes-No Rules--B
• Completing True-False Tables
• Finding Locations on Maps
• Describing Locations--A
• Describing Directions--A
• Describing Locations--B
• Describing Directions--B
• Select the Word that Continues the Sequence
• Ranking
• Supply a Word that Continues a Sequence
• Warm-up Deductive Reasoning
• Deductive Reasoning
• Ranking Time Measures
• Ranking Length Measures
• Ranking in Geography
• Flowchart--Example
• Flowchart--Arithmetic

Chapter Nine--Verbal Classifications

• Parts of a Whole--Select
• Parts of a Whole--Graphic Organizer
• Class and Members--Select
• What Is True of Both Words?--Select
• How Are These Words Alike?--Select
• How Are These Words Alike?--Explain
• Explain the Exception
• Picture Dictionary--Sorting into Classes
• Word Classes--Select
• Picture Dictionary--Sorting by Class and Size
• Recognizing Classes--Graphic Organizer

Chapter Ten--Verbal Analogies

• Analogies
• Picture Analogies--Select
• Picture Analogies--Name the Relationship
• Analogies--Select
• Analogies--Supply
• Analogies--Select the Right Pair

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