Statistics show that around 65% of college students today lack critical thinking skills. That is over half! Starting early on getting your students to think critically is vital if they plan to go to college. They are also vital in real life and even in their current education and classes. Students need to be able to take a situation in person or on paper, rationalize through the situation, brainstorm solutions, and then resolve the issue. This class will teach them that in a super fun but realistic way. We have A LOT of fun in this class!

About the Teacher:
I work hard to always show how important critical thinking is for students, not only in school but real life. I have taught these skills in various ways to all of my students over the past 9 years of teaching. 

About the Class:
Our goal of class is to learn to rationalize the situation, evaluate it, and apply the steps we have learned to discuss possible options and outcomes. In life, sometimes there is no one right answer, but many. The goal is to teach students how to be able to think through real-life and educational situations to come to the best solution for themselves. This class, especially the last class, will be discussion based. This class will be fun but will teach your student to think for themselves and always make the best choice. 

Class 1
We will begin with introductions. Then, we will go over the steps to critical thinking in real life and in school work. I will break each step down and have examples. We will have some solid discussion on critical thinking topics and have some brain teasers for some fun! I will provide some activities for the week to work on that will build critical thinking. 

Class 2
We are working on real-life situations we need to critically think through. I work with them on how to address issues in a critical thinking method instead of a reactionary method. We end with discussion and fun activities. 

All materials are in my personal Google Drive created for this class. Once you click the link once, I will approve your access and then you can access anything in my folder. I will provide the link weekly to the classroom where you will find the folder for the week we are on and you can access everything there. You can access this regardless of your email suite as long as you have the link.