Building Thinking Skills® Level 2 - Instruction/Answer Guide Bk 3-Verbal : Critical Thinking Skills for Reading, Writing, Math, and Science

by Black, Howard; Parks, Sandra

• ISBN13: 9780894553219
• ISBN10: 0894553216
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-03-01
• Publisher: Critical Thinking Co

Table of Contents

Introduction
Program Design	p. v
Types of Instructional Methods	p. vii
Rationale and Description of Skills	p. x
Evaluating Building Thinking Skills Instruction	p. xiii
Evaluation Recommendations	p. xv
Instructional Recommendations	p. xvi
Vocabulary and Synonyms	p. xvii
Guide to Using the Lesson Plans	p. xx
Lesson Plans
Describing Shapes
Describing Shapes--Select	p. 1
Describing Shapes--Explain	p. 3
Describing Position--Select	p. 5
Describing Position--Explain	p. 6
Characteristics of a Shape	p. 9
Figural Similarities and Differences
Matching Figures/Shapes	p. 13
Which Shape/Figure Does Not Match?	p. 15
Finding Shapes	p. 17
Finding and Tracing Patterns	p. 19
Combining Shapes	p. 21
Dividing Shapes into Equal Parts	p. 23
Dividing Shapes into Equal Parts--B	p. 25
Paper Folding--Select	p. 28
Paper Folding--Supply	p. 30
Symmetrical Patterns--Supply	p. 33
Axis of Symmetry--Supply	p. 36
Covering a Surface	p. 38
Which Shape Completes the Square?	p. 41
Which Shapes Completes the Square?	p. 43
Copying or Enlarging Figures	p. 46
Reducing Figures	p. 49
Comparing Shapes--Explain	p. 52
Figural Sequences
Sequence of Figures--Select	p. 55
Sequence of Figures--Supply	p. 62
Tumbling--Shading/Turning (Rotating) Figures	p. 64
Pattern Folding--Select/Supply	p. 68
Stacking Shapes--Select	p. 71
Stacking Shapes--Supply	p. 73
Stacking Shapes--Explain	p. 76
Figural Classifications
Describing Classes	p. 79
Matching Classes by Shape/Pattern	p. 81
Classifying More than One Way--Matching	p. 82
Changing Characteristics--Select	p. 85
Changing Characteristics--Supply	p. 86
Draw Another	p. 88
Classifying by Shape/Pattern--Sorting	p. 90
Classifying More Than One Way--Sorting	p. 90
Overlapping Classes--Intersection	p. 92
Overlapping Classes--Matrix	p. 94
Deduce the Class	p. 98
Figural Analogies
Figural Analogies--Select	p. 101
Complete the Pair/Figural Analogies--Complete	p. 104
Figural Analogies--Supply	p. 107
Figural Analogies--Follow the Rule	p. 110
Describing Things
Describing Things--Select	p. 113
Identifying Characteristics	p. 115
Describing Things--Explain	p. 116
Naming Things--Supply	p. 119
Writing Descriptions: Describing an Object	p. 120
Writing Descriptions: Describing an Event	p. 123
Verbal Similarities and Differences
Opposites--Select	p. 127
Opposites--Supply	p. 131
Similarities--Select	p. 134
Similarities--Supply	p. 139
How Alike?--Select	p. 141
How Alike and How Different?	p. 143
Word Web--Select and Supply	p. 145
Compare and Contrast--Graphic Organizers	p. 148
Verbal Sequences
Following Directions--Select	p. 153
Following Directions--Supply	p. 155
Writing Directions	p. 157
Recognizing Direction	p. 159
Recognizing Direction--B	p. 161
Describing Locations	p. 163
Describing Directions	p. 165
Time Sequence--Select, Rank, Supply	p. 167
Degree of Meaning--Select, Rank, Supply	p. 170
Transitivity--Comparison/Common Sequences	p. 173
Transitivity--Family Tree	p. 176
Deductive Reasoning	p. 179
Following Yes-No Rules	p. 184
Following Yes-No Rules--B	p. 187
Writing Yes-No Rules	p. 187
Completing True-False Tables	p. 189
Following If-Then Rules--A	p. 191
Graphic Organizers--Cycles	p. 197
Graphic Organizers--Time Lines	p. 200
Verbal Classifications
Parts of a Whole--Select	p. 203
Class and Members--Select	p. 205
Sentences Containing Classes and Subclasses	p. 208
How Are These Words Alike?--Select	p. 211
How Are These Words Alike?--Explain	p. 212
Explain the Exception	p. 214
Sorting into Classes	p. 217
Branching Diagrams	p. 219
Diagramming Classes--Select	p. 221
Diagramming Classes--Select and Explain	p. 224
Overlapping Classes--Matrix	p. 229
Relationships--Explain	p. 232
Classifying Shapes--Graphic Organizers	p. 234
Verbal Analogies
Analogies--Select	p. 237
Analogies--Select a Pair/Two	p. 239
Analogies--Explain	p. 243
Analogies--Supply	p. 245
Analogies--Explain and Supply a Pair/Analogies--Produce	p. 247
Transparency Masters
Transparency Masters	p. 251
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