Books published by publisher CRITICAL THINKING PRESS

Dr. DooRiddles develops your children's fluency and understanding of word meanings and associations as it improves their spelling, vocabulary, reading, and problem-solving skills. Children carefully read through clues in each riddle, analyzing connections within and between clues to figure out what is being described. Solving the riddles requires students to evaluate homonyms, synonyms, homophones, prefixes, roots, and suffixes in order to deduce and spell whole and partial word answers. Activities may be read aloud to pre-readers.

Encourages students to practice their language mechanics and detail skills as they analyze a picture, picture caption and story for grammar, punctuation, vocabulary, spelling, usage, capitalization, or content errors and then correct the errors like real editors. Reading level: grade 4; ability level: grades 4-6; 33 activities; guide to grammar, usage, and punctuation; and answers included. Reproducible for single-classroom or single-home use.

(Grades 3-4) Science Detective® uses topics and skills drawn from national science standards to prepare students for more advanced science courses and new assessments that measure reasoning, reading comprehension, and writing in science. First, students read lessons that include a variety of charts, tables, and graphs. Then, they answer critical thinking questions to improve their understanding of the science concepts and develop their reading comprehension, and inferential and deductive thinking skills. Students can’t just scan the story for answers—they must carefully analyze and synthesize the information from the text and the charts, tables, and graphs to explain and support their answers. Teaching Support Includes teacher and student introductions, a chart of topics and key ideas to help select activities, and detailed answers.

This book teaches and develops the math concepts and critical thinking skills necessary for success in Algebra I and future mathematics courses at the high school level. It was written with the premise that students cannot problem solve or take leaps of reasoning without understanding the concepts and elements that lead to discovery. The author-with 35 years of experience teaching mathematics-is a firm believer that understanding leads to confidence and confidence gives students the resolve to succeed in higher level mathematics rather than fear it.It is standards-based, but what makes it different from other pre-algebra books is that it organizes concepts in a logical fashion, stressing practice and critical thinking. It avoids the mistakes-found in many other math books-of trying to teach new concepts before students receive the prerequisite skills and practice necessary for success. The concepts are presented clearly and in connection to other concepts. Math vocabulary is very important to success in higher mathematics, so this book includes easy-to-follow explanations and a user-friendly glossary.CONTENTS • Family of Numbers • Working With Integers • Working With Rational Numbers • Ratio, Proportion, and Percent • Percent Applications • Algebraic Expressions • Equations and Solving Word Problems • Inequalities and Applications • Understanding Square Roots and Irrational Numbers • Two Dimensional Geometry • Understanding Volume and Surface Area • Graphing on the Coordinate Plane • Transformations and Congruency • Understanding Functions • Probability and Statistics

This fun, colorful 352-page book can be used as a textbook or a comprehensive workbook with your textbook to teach reading, writing, grammar, and punctuation skills and concepts that students are expected to know in third grade. They also develop critical thinking, vocabulary, and several other skills and concepts normally taught in fourth grade. The engaging lessons include easy-to-follow explanations, examples, and charts for visual learners–and there is no lesson preparation! Each lesson is followed by a variety of fun, colorful, mind-building activities that use different genres.

All standardized tests measure the ability to think carefully and critically. This easy-to-use, fun 220-page book teaches students how to use highly-effective critical thinking skills and other strategic test-taking skills to improve their test scores. Unlike most practice tests that lack vital instruction in test-taking skills, Thinking Skills for Tests teaches and provides essential practice with thinking skills that form the base of both verbal and nonverbal reasoning and logic. It also includes solutions with helpful explanations.In the process of learning and practicing these thinking skills, students will have the opportunity to practice listening and following directions. They will also discuss answers so you can assess their thinking and assure them that they're thinking carefully. This book also teaches them to answer questions even when their answer is uncertain or the question is difficult. This practice can build confidence, reduce anxiety, and remove obstacles that can hinder students from performing their best on tests.Reading • Vocabulary • Understand the Main Idea • Answer Multiple Choice Questions • Give Written Answers • Use Clues to Infer Answers • Use Your Thoughts and Feelings to Infer AnswersMath • Estimate the Correct Answer • Solve Complicated Word Problems • Use Different Units of Measure in Word Problems • Estimations in Word Problems

Dr. DooRiddles develops your children's fluency and understanding of word meanings and associations as it improves their spelling, vocabulary, reading, and problem-solving skills. Children carefully read through clues in each riddle, analyzing connections within and between clues to figure out what is being described. Solving the riddles requires students to evaluate homonyms, synonyms, homophones, prefixes, roots, and suffixes in order to deduce and spell whole and partial word answers. Activities may be read aloud to pre-readers.

This required 64-page guide must be used by the teacher to lead students through the lessons and activities in the student workbook-sold separately. This guide includes answers with helpful explanations.In the process of learning and practicing these thinking skills, students will have the opportunity to practice listening and following directions. They will also discuss answers so you can assess their thinking and assure them that they're thinking carefully. This book also teaches them to answer questions even when their answer is uncertain or the question is difficult. This practice can build confidence, reduce anxiety, and remove obstacles that can hinder students from performing their best on tests.Unlike most practice tests that lack vital instruction in test-taking skills, Thinking Skills for Tests presents these essential thinking skills that form the base of both verbal and nonverbal reasoning and logic: • Listen • Classify Objects and Concepts • Build Vocabulary Through the Process of Elimination • Relate Concepts • Verbal Reasoning • Reason With Analogies • Arithmetic Reasoning • Sequence • Recognize Patterns

Word Roots teaches students the meanings of Latin prefixes, roots, and suffixes commonly used in English. Learning word elements dramatically improves spelling and the ability to decode unfamiliar words. Word Roots will add hundreds of words to your students' vocabulary and greater depth to their thinking and writing. For each lesson students first learn the meanings of prefixes, roots, and suffixes. Then they Divide known and unknown words into their elements or assemble elements to form whole words. Match word parts or whole words to their definitions by analyzing their meanings. Apply their new vocabulary in sentences.