Building Thinking Skills - Level 2

Table of Contents

  4th-6th 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

• Matching Figures
• Matching Shapes
• Which Shape Does Not Match?
• Which Figure Does Not Match?
• Finding Shapes
• Finding and Tracing Patterns
• Combining Shapes
• Dividing Shapes into Equal Parts--A
• Dividing Shapes into Equal Parts--B
• Paper Folding--Select
• Paper Folding--Supply
• Symmetrical Patterns--Supply
• Axis of Symmetry--Supply
• Covering a Surface
• Which Shape Completes the Square?
• Copying a Figure
• Enlarging Figures
• Reducing Figures
• Comparing Shapes--Explain

Chapter Three--Figural Sequences

• Sequence of Figures--Select
• Sequence of Figures--Supply
• Tumbling--Shading
• Tumbling (Rotating) Figures
• Pattern Folding--Select
• Pattern Folding--Supply
• Stacking Shapes--Select
• Stacking Shapes--Supply
• Stacking Shapes--Explain

Chapter Four--Figural Classifications

• Describing Classes
• Matching Classes by Shape
• Matching Classes by Pattern
• Classifying More than One Way--Matching
• Changing Characteristics--Select
• Changing Characteristics--Supply
• Draw Another
• Classifying by Shape--Sorting
• Classifying by Pattern--Sorting
• Classifying More Than One Way--Sorting
• Overlapping Classes--Intersections
• Overlapping Classes--Matrix
• Deduce the Class

Chapter Five--Figural Analogies

• Figural Analogies--Select
• Figural Analogies--Select a Pair
• Describing Types of Figural Analogies
• Complete the Pair
• Figural Analogies--Complete
• Figural Analogies--Supply
• Figural Analogies--Supply a Pair
• Figural Analogies--Follow the Rule

Chapter Six--Describing Things

• Describing Foods--Select
• Describing Animals--Select
• Describing Vehicles--Select
• Describing Geographic Terms--Select
• Describing Occupations--Select
• Describing Computer Devices--Select
• Identifying Characteristics of Food
• Identifying Characteristics of Animals
• Identifying Characteristics of Vehicles
• Identifying Characteristics of Earth Features
• Describing Food--Explain
• Describing Animals--Explain
• Describing Vehicles--Explain
• Describing Places on Earth--Explain
• Describing Occupations--Explain
• Name the Animal--Supply
• Name the Plant--Supply
• Name the Vehicle/Place--Supply
• Writing Descriptions

Chapter Seven--Verbal Similarities and Differences

• Opposites--Select
• Opposites--Supply
• Similarities--Select
• Similarities--Supply
• How Alike?--Select
• How Alike and How Different?
• Word Web--Select and Supply
• Compare and Contrast--Graphic Organizer

Chapter Eight--Verbal Sequences

• Following Directions--Select
• Following Directions--Supply
• Writing Directions
• Recognizing Direction--A
• Recognizing Direction--B
• Describing Locations
• Describing Directions
• Time Sequence--Select
• Time Sequence--Rank
• Time Sequence--Supply
• Degree of Meaning--Select
• Degree of Meaning--Rank
• Degree of Meaning--Supply
• Transitivity--Comparison
• Common Sequences
• Transitivity--Family Tree
• Your Family Tree
• Deductive Reasoning--Instructions
• Deductive Reasoning
• Following Yes-No Rules--A
• Following Yes-No Rules--B
• Writing Yes-No Rules
• Following Yes-No Rules--Supply
• Completing True-False Tables
• Following If-Then Rules
• Following If-Then Rules--A
• Following If-Then Rules--B
• Graphic Organizer--Cycle Diagram
• Graphic Organizer--Time Line

Chapter Nine--Verbal Classifications

• Parts of a Whole--Select
• Class and Members--Select
• Sequences Containing Classes and Subclasses
• How Are These Words Alike?--Select
• How Are These Nouns Alike?--Explain
• How Are These Verbs Alike?--Explain
• How Are These Adjectives Alike?--Explain
• How Are These Weather Words Alike?--Explain
• Explain the Exception
• Sorting into Classes
• Branching Diagrams
• Diagramming Classes--Three Examples
• Diagramming Classes--Select
• Diagramming Classes--Select and Explain
• Overlapping Classes--Matrix
• Relationships--Explain
• Classifying Shapes with a Bull's Eye Diagram
• Classifying Shapes with a Matrix
• Classifying Shapes with a Branching Diagram
• Classifying Shapes with an Overlapping Classes Diagram

Chapter Ten--Verbal Analogies

• Analogies--Instructions
• Antonym or Synonym Analogies--Select
• Association Analogies--Select
• "Kind of" Analogies--Select
• "Part of" Analogies--Select
• "Used to" Analogies--Select
• Action Analogies--Select
• Antonym or Synonym Analogies--Select
• Association Analogies--Select
• Antonym or Synonym Analogies--Select a Pair
• Association Analogies--Select Two
• Analogies--Explain
• Antonym or Synonym Analogies--Supply
• Association Analogies--Supply
• "Kind of" Analogies--Supply
• "Part of" Analogies--Supply
• "Used to" Analogies--Supply
• Action Analogies--Supply
• Analogies--Supply
• Analogies--Explain and Supply a Pair
• Analogies--Produce

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