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Critical Thinking Skills (CTS) Update
Critical Thinking Skills (CTS) Update
(Updated: 05/21/26)
What we're doing:
What we're doing:
This week students solved each other's Perspective Riddles. They chose an inanimate object and wrote clues about their identify written in first person perspective. Here's a sample written by one of our 3rd graders:
I have 21 "eyes." But I cannot see. I can never die. What am I?
Ask your child:
Ask your child:
Which inanimate object(s) did you choose?
Math Update
Math Update
(Updated: 05/21/26)
What we're doing:
What we're doing:
This week, students learned about the relationship shared between area and perimeter of rectangles.
Ask your child:
Ask your child:
Can you draw a rectangle that has an area of 24 square units, and a perimeter of 20 units?
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Additional Critical Thinking Exercises
Additional Critical Thinking Exercises
Just Write! I - 2nd through 5th.pdfMystery Build - Pick a challenge card, buy supplies, fill out the engineering sheet.pdfThinking Skills Activities.pdfAddictive-Math-Puzzles-Grades-1-5-eBook.pdfCritical-Thinking-Puzzles-Grades-K-5-eBook.pdfPage updated
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