Critical Thinking in Math and Reading

The purpose of these sessions is to spark students’ critical thinking skills.  The areas of critical thinking are communication, analyzing, problem solving, open-mindedness, and creativity.   The session will include Math reasoning analogies, reading riddles, Mind Benders as well as activities that will build thinking skills.  Students will have the opportunity to use  critical thinking through engagement, exploration, explaining and extending ideas.  They will also learn to evaluate and resolve problems.  We will have student interaction through games, drawing and discussion.  These activities will transfer into Mathematic and Language Arts.

Week                                     Theme                            Topic
Week One     June, 9      Analytical Thinking     Compare and Contrast
Week Two      June 16     Problem-Solving         Riddles and Sequences
Week Three   June 23     Communication          Patterns and Organizing Thoughts
Week Four     June 30     Open-Minded             Analogies
Week Five      July 7         Creativity                     Inferences and Conclusions