Critical Thinking in Math and Reading

New class

Ages 5-7

Live Group Class

Critical Thinking in Math and Reading is designed to help learners improve thinking skills. Learners will identify similarities and differences, sequences, grouping and analogies. These skills will help learners in Math and Reading.

Ksandra Mobley/Virtual Teaching Specialist

Average rating:

4.8

Number of reviews:

(56 reviews)

Live video meetings

1x per week

2-4 learners per class

30 min

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What’s included

1 live meeting

30 mins in-class hours per week

Projects

1-2 hours per week. Students will make a critical thinking scrap book from our class activities.

Class Experience

US Grade Kindergarten - 1

Intermediate Level

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

Learning Goals

Identify Similarities and Differences: Learners will compare and contrast various concepts, enhancing their analytical skills

Understand Sequences: Students will learn to recognize and create sequences, which is crucial for problem-solving in both math and reading comprehension.

Other Details

Supply List

Colored Markers
Colored Paper
White Paper
Pencils
Crayons

Language of Instruction

English (Level: A1)

External Resources

Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.

Sources

The following ebooks will be used for our creative thinking activities:c Mind Building Reading Dr DooRiddles Tell Me About the Story Building Thinking Skills Math Reasoning Math Analogies from criticalthinking.com

Meet the teacher

Ksandra Mobley/Virtual Teaching Specialist

Joined May, 2018

4.8

56reviews

Profile

Teacher expertise and credentials

Master’s Degree in Psychology from Kaplan University

My background studies in Educational Psychology and certification in Virtual Teaching provides me with the insight to engage students in critical thinking.  I use Cognitive Psychology with the areas of Critical Thinking as a design model for this class.