Description: Build basic reasoning skills with step-by-step instruction in six crucial areas. The activities are designed to build success at every level. Students become purposeful, active thinkers as they focus on one thinking strategy at a time. Each book targets a specific reasoning and problem solving skill and develops metacognitive thinking with: -activities sequenced by complexity visual cues that are gradually faded skills defined in student-friendly terms -a variety of curricular and daily living topics -simple sentence structure and vocabulary so students can focus on learning the concepts -minimal writing requirements at the beginning levels -a pretest/posttest The books may be purchased individually or as a 6-book set. The 6-book set consists of: Spotlight on Reasoning & Problem Solving Causes & Effects Students understand that actions have consequences and that things don't "just happen." There's a reason for the outcomes. This book also explores multiple causes and preventing harmful effects. Spotlight on Reasoning & Problem Solving Comparing & Contrasting This book presents one of the most basic of language and thinking skills through unique visual and verbal activities. Spotlight on Reasoning & Problem Solving Facts & Opinions These activities help your students separate truth from opinion and decipher messages based on their intentions. Spotlight on Reasoning & Problem Solving Making Predictions & Inferences Help your students piece together information, step-by-step, to make informed and correct inferences and predictions. Spotlight on Reasoning & Problem Solving Sequencing This basic building block of logical and critical thinking is presented in its simplest forms first and progresses to multi-step and narrative-based sequences. Spotlight on Reasoning & Problem Solving Solving Problems Students learn to approach problems systematically and flexibly. Strategies and visual maps help them plan solutions to simple and more complex problems.

Series: SPOTLIGHT

Author: JOHNSON, Paul / LaGIUDICE, Carolyn

Publisher: Linguisystems

Year Published: 2007

Grade: G1-7

Format: SOFTCOVER/REPRODUCIBLE