Books in Skill Sharpeners series

Foster your second grader s critical thinking skills and see confidence soar! 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 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 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 2nd grade themes:-Animals: Alligators and Turtles; Bats and Bugs-My Body: Eyes, Teeth, and Hair; Hands and Feet-Things: Things We Use; Things We Like-Places: Oceans and Forests; DesertsGrade 2 activities include puzzles, word problems, riddles, and drawings that involve critical thinking skills such as: -Analyze-Solve-Justify-Categorize-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!Includes answer key.

Foster your first grader s critical thinking skills and see confidence soar! 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 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 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 1st grade themes:-Animals: Cats and Dogs; Giraffes and Elephants-Plants: Trees and Flowers; Fruits and Vegetables-Transportation: Cars, Trucks, and Buses; Planes and Trains-Places: The Playground and the Beach; Home and SchoolGrade 1 activities include puzzles, word problems, drawings, and matching that involve critical thinking skills such as: -Analyze-Solve-Reason-Decode-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!Includes answer key.

Foster your child s critical thinking skills and see confidence soar! 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 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 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 PreK science, math, social studies, and language arts content)The 100+ activities are organized around these PreK themes:-Insects: Butterflies and Grasshoppers; Honeybees and Ladybugs-Weather: Different Types of Weather; We Dress for the Weather-Transportation: Cars, Trucks, and Buses; Planes, Trains, and Boats-Community: Homes in My Community; Places to VisitPreK activities include tracing, counting, dot-to-dot, and drawings that involve critical thinking skills such as: -Recall and Retell-Analyze-Solve-Determine-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!Includes answer key.

Build your first grader s understanding of physical, life, and earth science with this full-color activity book! Engaging reading selections, activities, and hands-on projects will motivate your child to learn science concepts that are based on the most current science standards.The simple hands-on activities help your child understand and retain science concepts in a memorable way.Each lesson includes reading selections and activities that focus on one science concept, covering the following first grade topics:Physical Science-Sound-Light-Shadows-TechnologyLife Science-Leaves-Animals and Eggs-Mothers and Babies-Birds-InsectsSpace and Earth Science-Night Sky-Our Sun-SeasonsEnvironment and Ecology Science-Uses of Wood-Earth Materials-RecyclingEngineering and Design-ToolsIdeal for practice at home and classroom enrichment, Skill Sharpeners: Science:-provides practice of reading comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills-offers striking photography and scientific illustrations to help children connect science to the real world-is based on Next Generation Science Standards and state science standards-includes an answer key

Skill Sharpeners: Math activity books help students understand and maintain important math skills in their grade level. The fun activities provided in each unit create enjoyable learning experiences for children.Each title includes:-Colorful and engaging practice pages.-Themed units that provide practice of important grade-level math concepts.-A test your skills option at the end of each unit that gives a clear picture of whether or not the skills have been mastered.Perfect as an at-home activity book, homeschool curriculum resource, or after-school enrichment, Skill Sharpeners: Math helps students master important skills in measurements, data, numbers, and computation needed to form a strong math foundation.Skill Sharpeners Math, Grade 2 provides practice for the following mathematics skills:-read, write, and compare numbers to 1,000-addition and subtraction facts to 18-two-digit addition and subtraction with and without regrouping-three-digit addition and subtraction without regrouping-multiplication facts to 25-identify and continue patterns-value of pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, dollar bills-solve word problems-tell time to the hour and half-hour-identify fractions 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 3/4, 2/3, 1/6, 1/8-read and create graphs-measure to the nearest half inch-geometry basic shapes, symmetry, perimeter

Skill Sharpeners: Math activity books help students understand and maintain important math skills in their grade level. The fun activities provided in each unit create enjoyable learning experiences for children.Each title includes:-Colorful and engaging practice pages.-Themed units that provide practice of important grade-level math concepts.-A test your skills option at the end of each unit that gives a clear picture of whether or not the skills have been mastered.Perfect as an at-home activity book, homeschool curriculum resource, or after-school enrichment, Skill Sharpeners: Math helps students master important skills in measurements, data, numbers, and computation needed to form a strong math foundation.Skill Sharpeners Math, PreK contains 10 units that introduce the numbers 1-10. In each unit, one or more numbers is introduced followed by activity pages that practice beginning math skills. Each unit ends with an assessment page that reviews the math concepts introduced.Beginning math skills practiced include:-counting-recognizing numbers-patterning-identifying geometric shapes-comparing sizes-recognizing most and leastChildren also develop their fine motor skills by completing the fun activities.Examples of the types of activities are:-Trace and Write Numbers-Cut and Paste-Dot-to-Dot-Count How Many-Color the Shapes-Circle the Ones That Are the Same-Match

Build your child s understanding of physical, life, and earth science with this full-color activity book! Engaging activities and hands-on projects will motivate your fourth grader to learn science concepts that are based on the most current science standards.The simple experiments, using materials that can easily be found at home, help your child understand and retain science concepts in a memorable way.Each lesson includes reading selections and activities that focus on one science concept, covering the following fourth grade topics:Our Bodies and Senses-Muscles and Bones-Skin-Eyesight-HearingShaping the Earth-Weathering and Erosion-Glaciers-Earthquakes-VolcanoesWaves-What Is a Wave?-Waves in the Water-Sound Waves-Digital WavesEnergy-What Is Energy?-Heat Energy-Electrical Energy-Light EnergyIdeal for practice at home and classroom enrichment, Skill Sharpeners: Science:-provides practice of reading comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills-offers striking photography and scientific illustrations to help children connect science to the real world-is based on Next Generation Science Standards and state science standards-includes an answer key

Kindergarteners often are just starting to be curious about the world around them, which means they are the perfect age to gain a lot of benefit from the Evan-Moor Skill Sharpeners: Geography Grade K Student Edition. Young students will have a lot of fun while completing lessons that introduce geography concepts using hands-on activities, basic skill practice and art projects. Gr. K students will use the workbook to learn map skills, while discovering continents and oceans. Our geography activities encourage students to be creative while developing and using higher-order thinking skills.Explore the World Students will learn about geography in a fun way, as they can use the lessons to start to explore the worldLearning Map Skills With our colorful workbook, kindergarteners will gain a basic understanding of how to read a map, making use of age-appropriate instructionsUses Current Geography Standards All of the cross-curricular activities in this teaching resource make use of the most current standards for geography studySpark Creativity The activities we ve included will allow children to be creative while also developing and using higher-order thinking skillsHands-On Activities Young students will perform a variety of activities while learning their geography skills, including counting, vocabulary, writing, patterns or comparing

Skills Sharpeners: Geography engages your child in exploring the world while learning important map skills and geography concepts. The cross-curricular activities integrate the most current geography standards.Each geography topic includes nonfiction reading selections, comprehension questions, vocabulary practice, writing prompts, and authentic activities that bring the concepts to life. These activities invite your child to be creative while using higher-order thinking skills.Activities incorporate geography concepts such as:-Earth s weather-Places and regions-Habitats, environments, and physical systems-Human activities and cultures-Uses of geographyIncludes answer key.

Skill Sharpeners: Geography engages your child in exploring the world while learning important map skills and geography concepts. The cross-curricular activities integrate the most current geography standards.Each geography topic includes nonfiction reading selections, comprehension questions, vocabulary practice, writing prompts, and authentic activities that bring the concepts to life. These activities invite your child to be creative while using higher-order thinking skills.Activities incorporate geography concepts such as:-Map skills-Places and regions-Continents and oceans-HabitatsIncludes answer key.