Sophia Learning
Sophia: Critical Reading as a Learning Strategy
This tutorial focuses on critical reading using a downloadable PowerPoint presentation, "Critical Reading 101," which includes separating fact from opinion, 6 propaganda techniques, and 6 common fallacies in reasoning. Also provided is...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Get Close to Think Deeply: Creating Primary Level Close Readings
This strategy guide focuses on planning and implementing close reading of complex text in the primary grades which fosters progressively deeper thinking as students become more responsible for their own learning. It offers a step-by-step...
Other
Iste: Computational Thinking for All
Advances in computing have expanded our capacity to solve problems at a scale never before imagined, using strategies that have not been available to us before. This professional article introduces educators to the idea of teaching...
Other
Teaching Critical Thinking Skills
It is increasingly important to teach students how to develop their critical thinking abilities. This site lists some ideas and strategies that can help teach them to improve their critical thinking skills.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Using Word Storms to Explore Vocabulary and Encourage Thinking
Contains plans for seven lessons about working dogs that teach critical thinking skills and a vocabulary strategy called Word Storms. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Character Education "I Am Me"
Excellent resource for empowering students to become better learners. This lesson includes promoting students' understanding of themselves through self-expression, critical thinking skills, and creative writing and thinking skills...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Character Education "I Would Invent"
Excellent resource for empowering students to become better learners. This lesson includes encouraging students to develop an interest in science, to promote critical thinking skills, and to enhance reading and writing skills.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Character Education "Old Wisdom"
Excellent resource for empowering students to become better learners. This lesson includes motivating students to read, encouraging students to use inferential and critical thinking skills, and promoting an understanding and appreciation...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Character Education "Two Sides"
Excellent resource for empowering students to become better learners. This lesson includes promoting the love of reading, helping students understand different points of view, different genres in literature, and critical thinking skills....
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Character Education "Read Write Count"
Excellent classroom activities for building students' character. Activity allows students to build their critical thinking skills, as well as math concepts and the relationships between reading, writing, and thinking.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Character Education "Read Write Count"
Excellent classroom activities for building students' character. Activity allows students to build their critical thinking skills, as well as math concepts and the relationships between reading, writing, and thinking.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Character Education "Decisions!"
Excellent resource for empowering students to become better learners. This lesson includes helping students develop decision-making skills, promote critical thinking skills, and reflect on their beliefs. Good site.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Character Education "Cause & Effect"
Excellent resource for empowering students to become better learners. This lesson plan includes promoting an interest in science for students, to use critical thinking skills, and to use graphic organizers.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Character Education "Picture Stories"
Excellent classroom activities for building students' character. This activity focuses on students' critical thinking, creative, and comprehension skills. Good resource.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Character Education "Picture Stories"
Excellent classroom activities for building students' character. This activity focuses on students' critical thinking, creative, and comprehension skills. Good resource.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Character Ed "Interpreting Maxims"
Excellent resource for empowering students to become better learners. This lesson includes motivating students to read, encouraging students to use critical thinking skills, cooperative learning and shared experiences, and appreciation...
Other
Central Rivers Aea: Webb's Depth of Knowledge (Dok)
This page offers a wealth of downloadable resources for teaching critical thinking skills. Choose the thinking skill you wish to teach, and several .pdf files will be available, including strategies, assessments and student handouts.
Other
Ncrel: Reading Strategies: Before, During, and After [Pdf]
This page provides a detailed chart to aid students' understanding of texts. It goes through the steps of pre-reading, during reading, and after reading, outlining what students should be thinking about as they interact with a text. This...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Strategies to Build Engaging Digital Lessons for High School Students
In this blog, a teacher offers strategies for building engaging digital lessons as a result of the Covid Pandemic. My first task is to figure out how to make my lessons clear. I am working without the benefit of being able to circle the...
PBS
Pbs: Gauss Arithmetic Sequence Strategy
Learn how mathematician Karl Friedrich Gauss figured out how to sum up any arithmetic sequence without having to add up each and every term. This video focuses on using your critical thinking to follow along as Gauss determines his...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Classroom Strategies: Exit Slips
The Exit-Slip strategy requires students to write responses to questions you pose at the end of class. Exit Slips help students reflect on what they have learned and express what or how they are thinking about the new information. Exit...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Classroom Strategies: Peer Assisted Learning Strategy
Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies (PALS) is a classwide peer tutoring program. Teachers carefully partner a student with a classmate. The pair works on various activities that address the academic needs of both students. Pairs change...
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Rhetorical Reading: Strategies for Active Reading
This lesson focuses on strategies for active reading such as annotating your texts, reading multiple times, and using your prior knowledge.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Logic
Understanding mathematical language in problem solving can be a difficult concept to grasp. Sharpen your logical reasoning skills at this test prep site that explains the terms: if, and, or, implies, and only if, as they relate to math....