Our first unit in Social Studies is critical thinking. This unit focuses on problem solving using three steps; 1. Identify and clarify the problem 2. Collect and judge information 3. Solve the problem. This week we have been focusing on step one by looking at various skills used in identifying a problem. We've talked about perception (using your 5 senses), finding the main idea, creating good questions, making comparisons and determining relevance.
Today's activity included listening to The Wide Mouthed Frog and Click Clack Moo, Cows that type. We used these stories to help us create open ended and closed ended questions.
Tomorrow the kids will be getting a study guide for a quiz they are having on Monday.
