"We must empower students to become creative thinkers, critical thinkers, and problem solvers—people who are continually learning and who can apply their new knowledge to complex, novel, open-ended challenges." - Educational Leadership, Summer 2008, Volume 65
Engage your grade 3 students in thinking skills practice with Critical and Creative Thinking Activities! 140+ pages of fun, imaginative activities motivate students as they practice thinking in multiple ways about a variety of curriculum and theme-based topics.
46 theme-based units make it easy to find activities that fit your core curriculum:
- Through the Year:
Spectacular September, October Chills, Feasting in November, December Celebrations, January Is #1, February Fun, Marvelous March, April Surprises, Hey, It's May!, Jazzed About June - Animals:
Monkeys, Spiders, Ribbit!, Pets, Reptiles, Quack, Slugs and Worms, Bzzzzzz, Lions, Tigers, and Bears, Ocean Life - Places:
Home Sweet Home, In Our Classroom, In the Woods, At a Party, In the Garden - Time to Eat:
Pizza Time, Lunchtime, Eat Your Veggies, All About Apples, I Scream for Ice Cream - Things I Use:
All Wet, What I Wear, Boxes, Pockets, Bottles and Jars, Paper - In My World:
Cartoons, Listen!, On the Screen, Lost and Found, Nighttime, My Birthday, Homework, Books, Cents Sense
This resource contains teacher support pages, reproducible student pages, and an answer key.