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This bundle includes 4 books and 1 CPS kit.



TEACH LIKE SOCRATES: Guiding Socratic Dialogues and Discussions in the Classroom (G7031PS) NEW!
How does a teacher lead a Socratic discussion and develop the discussion skills of students? Using passages from the works of Plato and Xenophon, Teach Like Socrates clearly explains the most famous and the most misunderstood teaching method in the world. Unrivaled as a constructive vehicle for critical thinking and problem solving, the Socratic Method can be brought into the classroom every day for the inductive exploration of ideas and scaffolded problem solving as well as for cooperative discussion. Teach Like Socrates includes templates, sample lesson plans, discussion games, and example dialogues from students. With this book, every teacher can master the style that leads students to critical thinking, problem solving, and independent learning.

GETTING TO THE CORE OF LITERACY for History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects, Grades 6–12 (G7026CW) NEW!
The new Common Core English Language Arts Standards aren’t just for English teachers. Fluent reading and writing are critically important to the study of history/social studies, science, and technical subjects, too. What’s more, the progress your students make is directly tied to their ability to process information they read and to express their ideas in writing. This practical resource—packed with teacher-tested, CCSS-based sample lessons—shows you how to make literacy a focus of your teaching without taking time away from essential content using the Backward Design. Grades 6–12

EFFECTIVE QUESTIONS TO STRENGTHEN THINKING (G2885AP)
Research has shown that thinking can be taught and that it MUST be brought to the conscious level by discussion and analysis in order to strengthen this ability. This book presents examples of questions that lead to thinking activities and follow- up thinking lessons. Samples of questions to reinforce critical, creative and logical thinking are given. Each kind of thinking is divided into three grade levels: Grades 1–3, Grades 4–6 and Grades 7–12.

VERBLERS: Verbal Picture Puzzles, (G7436AP)
The verbal picture puzzles in this 176-page book improve students’ vocabulary and help build both logical, left-brain thinking skills and subjective, right-brain thinking skills. Students analyze the way in which words are written in terms of position, size and direction in order to decipher the words, phrases and expressions depicted. Some are easy and some will require some thought. All answers are included. Use the opportunity to discuss any vocabulary or idiomatic expressions with which some or all of the children are unfamiliar. Verblers build skills in the following areas: logic, spatial reasoning, visual memory, problem solving, making remote associations, analysis and creativity. Grades 4 and up.

PLANNING NEW WORLDS: A Creative Problem Solving Unit (G3401AP)
The kit includes lessons and exercises designed to teach creative problem solving (CPS) and Bloom's Taxonomy. In addition, there are forty-eight activity cards that present hypothetical, futuristic problems related to cloning, weightlessness, transportation, space colonies, robots, future foods, energy sources, new life forms, sports, environmental terrorism, video systems, and other exciting topics that generate great student interest. The activity cards are grouped into six sections corresponding to Bloom’s levels of thinking. As students work through each problem using what they have learned about CPS, they gain new insights into the possibilities and challenges of the future while practicing valuable problem-solving skills that are transferable to real-life situations. Because each activity card is a self-contained lesson, students can work independently and at their own pace. Particularly creative students will enjoy the wild card selections that spur original efforts. On the back of each card are questions to stimulate divergent thinking.

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