Comprehensive and Critical Thinking, Grade 5
Use these step-by-step guides to build students' comprehension and critical thinking skills as they prepare for standardized tests that feature document-based questions.
• Step 1 has students reading high-interest nonfiction articles from TIME For Kids authors.
• Step 2 has students strengthening comprehension skills by responding to follow-up questions from all levels of Bloom's Taxonomy.
• Step 3 has students studying primary source documents (such as maps, census reports, population reports, charts, and graphs) that are related to the articles.
• Step 4 has students demonstrating critical thinking skills by responding to questions based on these primary sources. Teacher Resource CD includes reproducible pages of articles, primary source documents, and questions.
