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Children are naturally inquisitive from infancy, yet creative and problem-solving skills need to be nurtured as children grow. The variety of fun and creative activities in this series will challenge your child to use higher-order thinking skills based on Bloom’s Taxonomy. Every page provides a new and interesting activity. 144 pages.

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Skill Sharpeners: Critical Thinking, Grade 5 Workbook

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Foster your fifth grader's critical thinking skills and see confidence soar with this engaging full-color workbook

Children are naturally inquisitive from infancy, yet creative and problem-solving skills need to be nurtured as children grow. Like reading and math skills, critical thinking skills require practice.

The variety of fun and creative activities in Skill Sharpeners: Critical Thinking will challenge your child to use higher-order thinking skills based on Bloom's Taxonomy.

Every page provides a new and interesting activity that will help your child:

• Think outside the box and use higher-order thinking skills through open-ended questions and challenges
• Tap into his or her creativity with art projects and hands-on activities
• Become a better learner by practicing critical thinking skills in cross-curricular activities (based on science, math, social studies, and language arts content)

The 100+ activities are organized around these 5th grade themes:

• Places: At Home; Around Town
• Nature: Forests and Deserts; Mountains and Caves
• About You: How You Feel; What You Do
• Resources: We Use Natural Resources; We Use Man-made Things

Grade 5 activities include puzzles, word problems, riddles, and drawings that involve critical thinking skills such as:

• Create, and more

Plus, each page lists the critical thinking skill(s) so that you know what your child is practicing.

Includes answer key.

Every Skill Sharpeners workbook now includes a free downloadable Teaching Guide The Skill Sharpeners: Critical Thinking Teaching Guides include:

• How to Use directions for teaching critical thinking skills
• Sample pacing guide to complete lessons and activities
• Teaching suggestions for learning to problem solve
• Extension activities that include journals, behavioral verbs, and additional discussion topics

About Evan-Moor A leader in PreK-8 educational publishing, Evan-Moor has been a trusted partner of teachers and parents for over 40 years. Our mission is helping children learn, and we do this by creating resources that motivate children to learn important skills and concepts across the curriculum while also inspiring a love of learning.

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Every page provides a new and interesting activity that will help your child:

• Think outside the box and use higher-order thinking skills through open-ended questions and challenges
• Tap into his or her creativity with art projects and hands-on activities
• Become a better learner by practicing critical-thinking skills in cross-curricular activities (based on science, math, social studies, and language arts content)

The 100+ activities are organized around these fifth-grade themes:

• Places: At Home; Around Town
• Nature: Forests and Deserts; Mountains and Caves
• About You: How You Feel; What You Do
• Resources: We Use Natural Resources; We Use Man-made Things

Grade 5 activities include puzzles, word problems, riddles, and drawings that involve critical-thinking skills such as:

• Create, and more!

Plus, each page lists the critical-thinking skill(s) so that you know what your child is practicing. Use  Skill Sharpeners: Critical Thinking  for enrichment at home and help your child become a confident problem solver!

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Skill Sharpeners: Critical Thinking

The Skill Sharpeners: Critical Thinking series has reproducible, full-color workbooks for pre-kindergarten through sixth grade. Many of the activities require critical thinking, and most of them also provide reinforcement and activities for math, language arts, social studies, and science. In addition, some activities ask children to express their opinions and creativity.

The thinking skills gradually become more challenging. For example, pre-kindergartners and kindergartners begin with observation, identification, classification, comparison, and simple analysis. First graders apply skills in observation, categorization, simple logic, and puzzle solving. By sixth grade, students are using analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.

Each book has more than 130 pages, arranged into four units. Each unit has two topics. For example, Grade 1 ’s four units are on Animals, Plants, Transportation, and Places. Under Animals, the two topics are “Cats and Dogs” and “Giraffes and Elephants,” while the two topics under Places are “The Playground and the Beach” and “Home and School.” There are 11 to 15 lesson pages for each topic, and these pages fall into one of four categories.

• Read All About It: the first page of each lesson has information to be read to (or by) students, and students will need this information to answer questions on some of the other pages.
• Tell What You Know: one or more pages have questions and activities for children to answer in relation to the Read All About It article. Sometimes they are asked to express an opinion.
• Critical Thinking Activities: one or more pages have children apply critical thinking skills with subject matter related to the lesson topic. Lessons have more of these pages than the other three types. No two pages are the same, but among frequently used formats are pages with questions, puzzles, code-solving, charts to complete or analyze, word problems, Venn diagrams, wordplay, and dot-to-dots. Language arts, social studies, and science might be involved in any of the lesson pages, but math shows up only on the Critical Thinking Activities pages.
• Art Projects and Hands-on Activities: these are generally simple activities that involve drawing, cutting, folding, pasting, and coloring.

Students who can read independently can complete most activities on their own, while younger students will need assistance. Answer keys are at the back of each book, so each book is self-contained.

The books in the Skill Sharpeners: Critical Thinking series serve as inexpensive supplements that can be used whenever you wish. Many students will appreciate the variety they offer.

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Foster your fifth grader's critical thinking skills and see confidence soar with this engaging full-color workbook!

Children are naturally inquisitive from infancy, yet creative and problem-solving skills need to be nurtured as children grow. Like reading and math skills, critical thinking skills require practice.

The variety of fun and creative activities in Skill Sharpeners: Critical Thinking will challenge your child to use higher-order thinking skills based on Bloom's Taxonomy.

Every page provides a new and interesting activity that will help your child:

• Think outside the box and use higher-order thinking skills through open-ended questions and challenges
• Tap into his or her creativity with art projects and hands-on activities
• Become a better learner by practicing critical thinking skills in cross-curricular activities (based on science, math, social studies, and language arts content)

The 100+ activities are organized around these 5th grade themes:

• Places: At Home; Around Town
• Nature: Forests and Deserts; Mountains and Caves
• About You: How You Feel; What You Do
• Resources: We Use Natural Resources; We Use Man-made Things

Grade 5 activities include puzzles, word problems, riddles, and drawings that involve critical thinking skills such as:

• Create, and more!

Plus, each page lists the critical thinking skill(s) so that you know what your child is practicing.

Includes answer key.

Every Skill Sharpeners workbook now includes a free downloadable Teaching Guide! The Skill Sharpeners: Critical Thinking Teaching Guides include:

• How to Use directions for teaching critical thinking skills
• Sample pacing guide to complete lessons and activities
• Teaching suggestions for learning to problem solve
• Extension activities that include journals, behavioral verbs, and additional discussion topics

About Evan-Moor A leader in PreK-8 educational publishing, Evan-Moor has been a trusted partner of teachers and parents for over 40 years. Our mission is helping children learn, and we do this by creating resources that motivate children to learn important skills and concepts across the curriculum while also inspiring a love of learning.

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Foster your fifth grader's critical thinking skills and see confidence soar with this engaging full-color workbook

Children are naturally inquisitive from infancy, yet creative and problem-solving skills need to be nurtured as children grow. Like reading and math skills, critical thinking skills require practice.

The variety of fun and creative activities in Skill Sharpeners: Critical Thinking will challenge your child to use higher-order thinking skills based on Bloom's Taxonomy.

Every page provides a new and interesting activity that will help your child:

• Think outside the box and use higher-order thinking skills through open-ended questions and challenges
• Tap into his or her creativity with art projects and hands-on activities
• Become a better learner by practicing critical thinking skills in cross-curricular activities (based on science, math, social studies, and language arts content)

The 100+ activities are organized around these 5th grade themes:

• Places: At Home; Around Town
• Nature: Forests and Deserts; Mountains and Caves
• About You: How You Feel; What You Do
• Resources: We Use Natural Resources; We Use Man-made Things

Grade 5 activities include puzzles, word problems, riddles, and drawings that involve critical thinking skills such as:

• Create, and more

Plus, each page lists the critical thinking skill(s) so that you know what your child is practicing.

Includes answer key.

Every Skill Sharpeners workbook now includes a free downloadable Teaching Guide The Skill Sharpeners: Critical Thinking Teaching Guides include:

• How to Use directions for teaching critical thinking skills
• Sample pacing guide to complete lessons and activities
• Teaching suggestions for learning to problem solve
• Extension activities that include journals, behavioral verbs, and additional discussion topics

About Evan-Moor A leader in PreK-8 educational publishing, Evan-Moor has been a trusted partner of teachers and parents for over 40 years. Our mission is helping children learn, and we do this by creating resources that motivate children to learn important skills and concepts across the curriculum while also inspiring a love of learning.

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One of the most common questions homeschoolers ask is, “How do I know if I am covering it ALL?” Homeschoolers can easily get overwhelmed by trying to “teach it all,” but Evan-Moor has great educational materials to make sure that homeschoolers are covered. Evan-Moor has a stellar reputation for making an educational workbook for kids in topics ranging from reading to math to science. Many of its workbooks are used by teachers and homeschooling parents.

There are six Evan-Moor Skill Sharpeners to choose from for grades Pre-K–6. Each workbook is divided into themes or units that allow the student to focus on each section of the book. These can be used at home as a review for what kids are learning in class or they can add a lesson review element to a homeschool curriculum. There is an answer key in the back, so the kids can easily check their own work. Keep in mind that these look like a workbook, but Evan-Moor does a wonderful job of mixing basic skill practice with applying the skills in useful, realistic ways. Kids can easily see how these skills can be put to use in everyday situations. The colorful illustrations and pages really appeal to kids, too!

Skill Sharpeners features The Evan-Moor Skill Sharpeners activity books help homeschoolers make sure the foundational subjects are not only taught but practiced in meaningful ways. These skill sharpener workbooks can be a great starting place if you are building your own curriculum. Here are some features of each of the three books in the Skill Sharpeners Trio:

Math – Each math unit is based on a theme (Farm, Robots, etc.), so the illustrations, story problems, graphs, etc., all relate back to the theme. There is a “test your skills” page at the end of each unit, which my kids seem to enjoy.

Science – Each science unit is on a specific topic (Magnets, Animal Groups, etc.) where the kids learn about the topic and use the skills to complete the pages. There is also at least one (sometimes two) hands-on activity that can be done to extend the science skills.

Note: Skill Sharpeners: Spell & Write, Skill Sharpeners: Critical Thinking, and Skill Sharpeners: Geography were not reviewed here, but are available on Evan-Moor’s website .

How I use the Skill Sharpeners books in our curriculum Before I tell you how I use these helpful educational workbooks, I want you to know that there are several “right” ways to use Skill Sharpeners activity books. You can adapt them for what is right for your family. Some ideas are:

• Use the books as ideas for what skills to teach in a lesson, and then use the books for practice.
• Use the books in workboxes or centers as review activities.
• Use these books as an informal assessment to see what skills are easy for your child and which your child needs more practice in.
• Use these books as practice during winter or summer breaks to keep those skills sharp while you take time off of your regular homeschooling schedule.

Since we already had a curriculum in place and started the Skill Sharpeners Trio in February, I used these books as an informal assessment to help me understand which skills my kids had mastered, as well as what skills needed more teaching and practice.

When my kids started working through these books, they quickly completed the first unit in each book with ease. Making certain that kids feel successful right away is an intentional and common characteristic of Evan-Moor publications. By the third unit in each book, the level of thinking required to complete each unit was a little more involved than Unit 1, but still very manageable.

By the sixth unit in each book, my kids were still able to do their assignments, but it did take them more time. We started slowing down a little at this point because I wanted to make sure they were still engaged.

We are about to start Unit 8 in all three workbooks, and my kids are still happy and excited to sharpen their skills. They like that they are learning a few new skills, and I appreciate knowing what skills we need to keep practicing on our own.

How I use the Skill Sharpeners books to guide my instruction Since the skills covered in each book are aligned with state standards for that particular grade level, I use these books as an informal assessment of how my kids are doing. And while I think it is very rare for students to be performing on their exact grade level in all subjects, using the Skill Sharpeners books allows me to see if they are on track for their grade level.

For example, if my child finds the grade 3 fractions practice to be super easy, that tells me I need to start working on fraction skills for grade 4 for that child. Or if my child starts to struggle with triple-digit subtraction, then I know we need to spend more time practicing those skills in the future. I easily keep track by making a quick note of which skills were easy and which they needed extra support or time to complete. This allows me to customize each child’s lessons for his or her individual needs.

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I use Evan-Moor’s TeacherFileBox to find grade-level-specific activities for each skill. Check out my post about using TeacherFileBox for meaningful workbox activities .

Until then, go grab your Skill Sharpeners books!

See you next time, Amy

*Disclaimer – while I did receive three Skill Sharpeners books to review, all of these opinions are my own and reflect my honest thoughts and experiences of using this product.

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This class set includes 20 identical Skill Sharpeners: Critical Thinking workbooks.

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