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Thinking Skills for Tests Thinking Skills for Tests Set

Grade(s): Pre K-2
Pages: 120 (two books with 60 pages each)

Nine core thinking skills form the base of verbal and non-verbal reasoning and logic and are commonly tested in primary level testing for school and gifted program placement. This title presents questions in a format similar to that of many commonly used tests. The Workbook presents the questions without words just as a student will see them during a test. The Instructor/Answer book provides a script for presenting the questions and additional information for building on the skills.

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Spectrum Test Prep Grade 1 Spectrum Test Prep Grade 1

Boosts confidence and helps learners improve test scores by offering children the preparation they need for standardized tests.

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Building Thinking Skills Level 1 Building Thinking Skills Level 1

Grade(s): 2-3
Pages: 370

Building Thinking Skills®
teaches non-verbal and verbal reasoning. These skills are rarely explictly taught in the classroom but are essential for academic excellence and success on any assessment test. In print for over 30 years this is a world-wide top seller. Also available in software - a game like presentation of the same exercises.

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Thinking Skills & Key Concepts Thinking Skills & Key Concepts (Second Grade)

Grade: 2
Pages: 160, color

This book uses powerful lessons to develop thinking skills important to academic success while teaching the key kindergarten common core concepts. Enhance cognitive development through discussion and observation. Students develop analytical skills as well as deductive and inferential reasoning skills as they work through the exercises.

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Thinking Skills & Key Concepts Thinking Skills & Key Concepts: Teacher's Manual (Second Grade)

Grade: 2
Pages: 192
Format: paperback, reproducible

Parent/Teacher Resource Manual to accompany student book. Does not contain questions. The Parent/Teacher resource contains teaching notes. It is highly recommended for new parents learn how to work with their child to develop higher order thinking skills.

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Spectrum Test Prep Grade 2 Spectrum Test Prep Grade 2

Boosts confidence and helps learners improve test scores by offering children the preparation they need for standardized tests.

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Mathematical Reasoning Level D Mathematical Reasoning Level D

Grade(s): 3
Pages: 384

Grade level math presented in a way which bridges the gap between computation and mathematical reasoning. Use for variety, fun and understanding.

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Reading Detective Beginning Reading Detective Beginning

Develop the analysis, synthesis, and vocabulary skills children need for exceptional reading comprehension.

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Math Detective: Beginning Math Detective Beginning

Grade(s): 3-4
Activities: 38
Pages: 150

Math Detective® uses topics and skills drawn from national math standards to prepare your students for advanced math courses and assessments that measure reasoning, reading comprehension, and writing in math.

Students read a short story that includes a chart, table, or graph. Next they answer critical thinking questions to improve their understanding of the math concept and develop their critical thinking (comprehension) skills. Students can’t just scan the story for answers—they must carefully analyze and synthesize the information from the text and the chart, table, or graph to explain and support their answers.

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Science Detective, Beginning Science Detective Beginning

Grade(s): 3-4
Activities: 40
Pages: 150

Science Detective® uses topics and skills drawn from national science standards to prepare your child for more advanced science courses and new assessments that measure reasoning, reading comprehension, and writing in science.

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Spectrum Test Prep Grades 3 Spectrum Test Prep Grade 3

Boosts confidence and helps learners improve test scores by offering children the preparation they need for standardized tests.

Our Price: $9.99
Spectrum Test Prep Grades 3 Spectrum Test Prep Grade 3

Boosts confidence and helps learners improve test scores by offering children the preparation they need for standardized tests.

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Mathematical Reasoning Level E Mathematical Reasoning Level E

Grade(s): 4
Pages: 384

Grade level math presented in a way which bridges the gap between computation and mathematical reasoning. Use for variety, fun and understanding.

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Reading Detective A1 Reading Detective A1

Grade(s): 5-6
Activities: 50
Pages: 242

The standards-based critical thinking activities of Reading Detective® develops the analysis, synthesis, and vocabulary skills children need for exceptional reading comprehension. The activities are especially effective at helping children understand more challenging reading concepts such as drawing inferences, making conclusions, determining cause-and-effect, and using context clues to define vocabulary.

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Math Detective A1 Math Detective A1

Grade(s): 5-6
Activities: 40
Pages: 113

Math Detective® uses topics and skills drawn from national math standards to prepare your students for advanced math courses and assessments that measure reasoning, reading comprehension, and writing in math.

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Science Detective® A1 Science Detective A1

Grade(s): 5-6
Activities: 40
Pages: 150

Science Detective® uses topics and skills drawn from national science standards to prepare your child for more advanced science courses and new assessments that measure reasoning, reading comprehension, and writing in science.

Our Price: $22.99
Spectrum Test Prep Grades 5 Spectrum Test Prep Grade 5

Boosts confidence and helps learners improve test scores by offering children the preparation they need for standardized tests.

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Reading Detective B1 Reading Detective B1

Grade(s): 7-8
Activities: 50
Pages: 246

The standards-based critical thinking activities of Reading Detective® develop the analysis, synthesis, and vocabulary skills children need for exceptional reading comprehension. The activities are especially effective at helping children understand more challenging reading concepts such as drawing inferences, making conclusions, determining cause-and-effect, and using context clues to define vocabulary.

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Reading Detective Rx Reading Detective Rx

Grade(s): 6-12+
Activities: 44
Pages: 246

The standards-based critical thinking activities of Reading Detective® develop the analysis, synthesis, and vocabulary skills children need for exceptional reading comprehension. The activities are especially effective at helping children understand more challenging reading concepts such as drawing inferences, making conclusions, determining cause-and-effect, and using context clues to define vocabulary.

The grades 6–12+ remedial (RX) level is organized into single-skill units with a concluding mixed-skills unit and provides an introductory lesson for each skill.
(RX activities are "prescriptive" to help underperforming students in grades 6–12+ improve their comprehension skills. Reading level is grades 4–6; story content is grades 6+.)

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World History Detective, Book 1 World History Detective, Book 1

Grade(s): 6-7
Pages: 368, perforated

Suitable for use as as a standards-based, stand-alone textbook, a resource of supplemental activities to enrich another textbook, or as a review course for older students. Students begin by analyzing a lesson. Next, they apply critical thinking skills to answer multiple choice and short essay questions. Finally, students support their answers by identifying evidence learned from the lesson.

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Building Thinking Skills Level 3 Figural Building Thinking Skills Level 3 Figural

Grade(s): 7-12+
Activities: 259
Pages: 280

Building Thinking Skills® provides highly effective nonverbal reasoning activities to improve vocabulary, reading, writing, math, logic, and figural-spatial skills, as well as visual and auditory processing. This exceptional skill set provides a solid foundation for academic excellence and success on any assessment test.

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Building Thinking Skills Level 3 Verbal Building Thinking Skills Level 3 Verbal

Grade(s): 7-12+
Activities: 350
Pages: 384

Building Thinking Skills® provides highly effective verbal reasoning activities to improve vocabulary, reading, writing, math, logic, and figural-spatial skills, as well as visual and auditory processing. This exceptional skill set provides a solid foundation for academic excellence and success on any assessment test.

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You Decide!, Student You Decide! Student

Grade(s): 6-12+
Activities: 37
Pages: 144

With You Decide! court is in session. The honorable “judges,” your students, will be asked to decide cases based on the first eight Amendments to the Constitution. Students will sharpen their critical thinking skills and their legal and historical knowledge as they analyze the amendments, discover their origins, and rule on actual cases presented before the U.S. Supreme Court.

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You Decide! Teacher You Decide! Teacher

Grade(s): 6-12+
Activities: 37

Casts students in the role of judge to rule on 75 actual U.S. Supreme Court cases!

This Instruction/Answer Guide includes objectives, suggestions, a graphic organizer to keep track of facts in each case, and the Supreme Court decisions. Because the student book does not contain the court decisions, use of the Guide is essential.

Our Price: $16.99
U.S. History Detective® Book 1 U.S. History Detective? Book 1

Grade(s): 8-12
Pages: 336, color

U.S. History Detective® can be used as a stand-alone textbook, a resource of supplemental activities to enrich another textbook, or as a review course for older students. Its point of differentiation is that it integrates critical thinking into the content lessons.

Our Price: $39.99
U.S. History Detective Book 2 U.S. History Detective? Book 2

Grade(s): 8-12
Pages: 336, color

U.S. History Detective® can be used as a stand-alone textbook, a resource of supplemental activities to enrich another textbook, or as a review course for older students. Its point of differentiation is that it integrates critical thinking into the content lessons.

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Spectrum Test Prep Grades 8 Spectrum Test Prep Grade 8

Boosts confidence and helps learners improve test scores by offering children the preparation they need for standardized tests.

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