Critical Thinking eBooks

Comprehension & Critical Thinking Grade 1

from Shell Education
SED50241 (Primary)

Use these step-by-step guides to build students' comprehension and critical thinking skills as they prepare for standardized tests that feature document-based questions. Step 1 has students reading high-interest nonfiction articles from TIME For Kids authors. Step 2 has students strengthening comprehension skills by responding to follow-up questions from all levels of Bloom's Taxonomy. Step 3 has students studying primary source documents (such as maps, census reports, population reports, charts, and graphs) that are related to the articles. Step 4 has students demonstrating critical thinking skills by responding to questions based on these primary sources.

Zip file includes reproducible pages of articles, primary source documents, and questions.

Grades: 1

Comprehension & Critical Thinking Grade 2

from Shell Education
SED50242 (Primary)

Use these step-by-step guides to build students' comprehension and critical thinking skills as they prepare for standardized tests that feature document-based questions. Step 1 has students reading high-interest nonfiction articles from TIME For Kids authors. Step 2 has students strengthening comprehension skills by responding to follow-up questions from all levels of Bloom's Taxonomy. Step 3 has students studying primary source documents (such as maps, census reports, population reports, charts, and graphs) that are related to the articles. Step 4 has students demonstrating critical thinking skills by responding to questions based on these primary sources.

Zip file includes reproducible pages of articles, primary source documents, and questions.

Grades: 2

Comprehension & Critical Thinking Grade 3

from Shell Education
SED50243 (Primary, Intermediate)

Use these step-by-step guides to build students' comprehension and critical thinking skills as they prepare for standardized tests that feature document-based questions. Step 1 has students reading high-interest nonfiction articles from TIME For Kids authors. Step 2 has students strengthening comprehension skills by responding to follow-up questions from all levels of Bloom's Taxonomy. Step 3 has students studying primary source documents (such as maps, census reports, population reports, charts, and graphs) that are related to the articles. Step 4 has students demonstrating critical thinking skills by responding to questions based on these primary sources.

Zip file CD includes reproducible pages of articles, primary source documents, and questions.

Grades: 3

Comprehension & Critical Thinking Grade 4

from Shell Education
SED50244 (Intermediate)

Use these step-by-step guides to build students' comprehension and critical thinking skills as they prepare for standardized tests that feature document-based questions. Step 1 has students reading high-interest nonfiction articles from TIME For Kids authors. Step 2 has students strengthening comprehension skills by responding to follow-up questions from all levels of Bloom's Taxonomy. Step 3 has students studying primary source documents (such as maps, census reports, population reports, charts, and graphs) that are related to the articles. Step 4 has students demonstrating critical thinking skills by responding to questions based on these primary sources.

Zip file includes reproducible pages of articles, primary source documents, and questions.

Grades: 4

Comprehension & Critical Thinking Grade 5

from Shell Education
SED50245 (Intermediate)

Use these step-by-step guides to build students' comprehension and critical thinking skills as they prepare for standardized tests that feature document-based questions. Step 1 has students reading high-interest nonfiction articles from TIME For Kids authors. Step 2 has students strengthening comprehension skills by responding to follow-up questions from all levels of Bloom's Taxonomy. Step 3 has students studying primary source documents (such as maps, census reports, population reports, charts, and graphs) that are related to the articles. Step 4 has students demonstrating critical thinking skills by responding to questions based on these primary sources.

Zip file includes reproducible pages of articles, primary source documents, and questions.

Grades: 5

Comprehension & Critical Thinking Grade 6

from Shell Education
SED50246 (Middle School)

Use these step-by-step guides to build students' comprehension and critical thinking skills as they prepare for standardized tests that feature document-based questions. Step 1 has students reading high-interest nonfiction articles from TIME For Kids authors. Step 2 has students strengthening comprehension skills by responding to follow-up questions from all levels of Bloom's Taxonomy. Step 3 has students studying primary source documents (such as maps, census reports, population reports, charts, and graphs) that are related to the articles. Step 4 has students demonstrating critical thinking skills by responding to questions based on these primary sources.

Zip file includes reproducible pages of articles, primary source documents, and questions.

Grades: 6

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Early Childhood Thematic Books

Nose to Toes Early Childhood Thematic Books

from Scholastic
SCH0439500079 (Early Childhood, Primary)

Reinforce essential emergent reading, writing and math skills with these clever early childhood thematic books. Skill-based activities and patterns coded to the Early Childhood Interest Centers! Each book contains fun, reproducible, thematic activities, easy-to-make patterns and crafts, suggestions for children's literature, thematic poems, songs and fingerplays, simple recipes and much more! Developmentally appropriate for preschoolers and kindergarteners.

Grades: PK - 1

Weather Early Childhood Thematic Books

from Scholastic
SCH0439500095 (Early Childhood, Primary)

Reinforce essential emergent reading, writing and math skills with these clever early childhood thematic books. Skill-based activities and patterns coded to the Early Childhood Interest Centers! Each book contains fun, reproducible, thematic activities, easy-to-make patterns and crafts, suggestions for children's literature, thematic poems, songs and fingerplays, simple recipes and much more! Developmentally appropriate for preschoolers and kindergarteners.

Grades: PK - 1

Dr. Fry's Spelling Resources

Spelling Book, Grades 1-2 by Dr. Fry

from Teacher Created Resources
TCR2751 (Primary)

Spelling lessons for individual student study.

Dr. Fry is Professor of Education Emeritus at Rutgers University and is well known for his Instant Words and the Fry Readability Graph. He is a frequent speaker at reading conferences.

Grades: 1 - 2


Spelling Book, Grades 2-3 by Dr. Fry

from Teacher Created Resources
TCR2752 (Primary)

Spelling lessons for individual student study.

Dr. Fry is Professor of Education Emeritus at Rutgers University and is well known for his Instant Words and the Fry Readability Graph. He is a frequent speaker at reading conferences.

Grades: 2 - 3


Spelling Book, Grades 3-4 by Dr. Fry

from Teacher Created Resources
TCR2753 (Intermediate)

Spelling lessons for individual student study.

Dr. Fry is Professor of Education Emeritus at Rutgers University and is well known for his Instant Words and the Fry Readability Graph. He is a frequent speaker at reading conferences.

Grades: 3 - 4


Spelling Book, Grades 4-5 by Dr. Fry

from Teacher Created Resources
TCR2754 (Intermediate)

Spelling lessons for individual student study.

Dr. Fry is Professor of Education Emeritus at Rutgers University and is well known for his Instant Words and the Fry Readability Graph. He is a frequent speaker at reading conferences.

Grades: 4 - 5


Spelling Book, Grades 5-6 by Dr. Fry

from Teacher Created Resources
TCR2755 (Intermediate, Middle School)

Spelling lessons for individual student study.

Dr. Fry is Professor of Education Emeritus at Rutgers University and is well known for his Instant Words and the Fry Readability Graph. He is a frequent speaker at reading conferences.

Grades: 5 - 6


Spelling Book, Grades 6+ by Dr. Fry

from Teacher Created Resources
TCR2756 (Middle School)

Spelling lessons for individual student study.
Dr. Fry is Professor of Education Emeritus at Rutgers
University and is well known for his Instant Words and the Fry Readability Graph. He is a frequent speaker at reading conferences.

Grades: 6 - 8

More spelling, phonics, and reading resources by Dr. Fry.

Passages to Build Comprehension

Hi-Lo Passages to Build Comprehension: Grades 7-8

from Scholastic
SCH0439548896 (Middle School)

Ready-to-reproduce practice pages-written in a variety of genres, including articles, biographies, e-mail announcements, and how-to guides-help struggling readers build comprehension skills. Companion questions for each passage focus on skills such as inferencing, sequencing, predicting, understanding story elements, and more. All of the highly engaging passages are written at slightly below grade level!

Grades: 7 - 8


Hi-Lo Passages to Build Comprehension: Grades 3-4

from Scholastic
SCH043954887X (Primary, Intermediate)

Ready-to-reproduce practice pages-written in a variety of genres, including articles, biographies, e-mail announcements, and how-to guides-help struggling readers build comprehension skills. Companion questions for each passage focus on skills such as inferencing, sequencing, predicting, understanding story elements, and more. All of the highly engaging passages are written at slightly below grade level!

Grades: 3 - 4

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Classic Children's Tales

Children's Classic Tales Volume 3 (eBook and Audio/MP3 Bundle)

from Edcon Publishing Group
EDCED5513M (Early Childhood, Primary, Intermediate)

Includes: Rikki-Tikki-Tavi; Paddy's Christmas; Hansel and Cretel. Enchanting Stories to Stimulate Young Imaginations. Enjoy a delightful excursion into the wonderful world of make-believe, where fairy-tales and old favorite stories come vividly to life. Enchanting Stories to Stimulate Young Imaginations. Enjoy a delightful excursion into the wonderful world of make-believe, where fairy-tales and old favorite stories come vividly to life. Sure to become a favorite pastime, treating children to a magical fantasy of entertaining enjoyment, along with life lessons to which they can relate. The accompanying MP3 files contain narration by expert storytellers, music, exciting sound effects, and dramatic dialogue that will inspire children to read.

Grades: PK - 5

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Journey to Beijing

Journey to Beijing, Grades 4-6

from Teacher Created Resources
TCR2165 (Intermediate, Middle School)

Celebrate the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games with fun cross-curricular activities. Students learn about China, as well as Olympic history, traditions, and the sports that will be played. The activities meet standards and benchmarks for art, geography, history, language arts, and math.


Journey to Beijing, Grades 1-3

from Teacher Created Resources
TCR2164 (Primary)

Celebrate the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games with fun cross-curricular activities. Students learn about China, as well as Olympic history, traditions, and the sports that will be played. The activities meet standards and benchmarks for art, geography, history, language arts, and math.

Mastering Grade Level Skills

Mastering Kindergarten Skills

from Teacher Created Resources
TCR3955 (Primary)

Mastering Skills takes a fresh approach to the mastery of grade-specific skills. Each book uses a wide range of activities to spark students' interest in learning. As students complete the activities, they develop the skills they need to meet academic standards in reading, writing, math, social studies and science.

Both teachers and parents can use the books to introduce new concepts, to assess learning and skill development, and to reinforce familiar knowledge. The versatile activities can be used for individual practice, test preparation, or homework assignments. Complete answer keys are provided.

The activities target standards in these areas:

phonemic awareness
sight words and vocabulary development
number concepts
problem solving
measurement
map skills
relationships among organisms and the environment
For details, download the sample pages available for this title.
Grades: K


Mastering First Grade Skills

from Teacher Created Resources
TCR3956 (Primary)

Mastering Skills takes a fresh approach to the mastery of grade-specific skills. Each book uses a wide range of activities to spark students' interest in learning. As students complete the activities, they develop the skills they need to meet academic standards in reading, writing, math, social studies and science.

Both teachers and parents can use the books to introduce new concepts, to assess learning and skill development, and to reinforce familiar knowledge. The versatile activities can be used for individual practice, test preparation, or homework assignments. Complete answer keys are provided.

The activities target standards in these areas:

phonetic analysis - letter/sound, vowels and blends
conventions in writing
sentence construction
properties of whole numbers
problem solving
measurement
map skills
characteristics of matter
Grades: 1


Mastering Second Grade Skills

from Teacher Created Resources
TCR3957 (Primary)

Mastering Skills takes a fresh approach to the mastery of grade-specific skills. Each book uses a wide range of activities to spark students' interest in learning. As students complete the activities, they develop the skills they need to meet academic standards in reading, writing, math, social studies and science.

Both teachers and parents can use the books to introduce new concepts, to assess learning and skill development, and to reinforce familiar knowledge. The versatile activities can be used for individual practice, test preparation, or homework assignments. Complete answer keys are provided.

The activities target standards in these areas:

the writing process
conventions in writing
fact and opinion
main idea
number concepts
problem solving
geography and map skills
the life cycle
Grades: 2


Mastering Third Grade Skills

from Teacher Created Resources
TCR3958 (Primary, Intermediate)

Mastering Skills takes a fresh approach to the mastery of grade-specific skills. Each book uses a wide range of activities to spark students' interest in learning. As students complete the activities, they develop the skills they need to meet academic standards in reading, writing, math, social studies and science.

Both teachers and parents can use the books to introduce new concepts, to assess learning and skill development, and to reinforce familiar knowledge. The versatile activities can be used for individual practice, test preparation, or homework assignments. Complete answer keys are provided.

The activities target standards in these areas:

the writing process
conventions in writing
figurative language
problem solving
fractions
measurement
geometry
historical events and their significance
the life cycle
earth science
Grades: 3


Mastering Fourth Grade Skills

from Teacher Created Resources
TCR3943 (Intermediate)

Mastering Skills takes a fresh approach to the mastery of grade-specific skills. Each book uses a wide range of activities to spark students' interest in learning. As students complete the activities, they develop the skills they need to meet academic standards in reading, writing, math, social studies and science.

Both teachers and parents can use the books to introduce new concepts, to assess learning and skill development, and to reinforce familiar knowledge. The versatile activities can be used for individual practice, test preparation, or homework assignments. Complete answer keys are provided.

Grades: 4


Mastering Fifth Grade Skills

from Teacher Created Resources
TCR3941 (Intermediate)

Mastering Skills takes a fresh approach to the mastery of grade-specific skills. Each book uses a wide range of activities to spark students' interest in learning. As students complete the activities, they develop the skills they need to meet academic standards in reading, writing, math, social studies and science.

Both teachers and parents can use the books to introduce new concepts, to assess learning and skill development, and to reinforce familiar knowledge. The versatile activities can be used for individual practice, test preparation, or homework assignments. Complete answer keys are provided.

Grades: 5


Mastering Sixth Grade Skills

from Teacher Created Resources
TCR3945 (Middle School)

Mastering Skills takes a fresh approach to the mastery of grade-specific skills. Each book uses a wide range of activities to spark students' interest in learning. As students complete the activities, they develop the skills they need to meet academic standards in reading, writing, math, social studies and science.

Both teachers and parents can use the books to introduce new concepts, to assess learning and skill development, and to reinforce familiar knowledge. The versatile activities can be used for individual practice, test preparation, or homework assignments. Complete answer keys are provided.

Grades: 6