1st Edition

Strategic Journeys for Building Logical Reasoning, K-5 Activities Across the Content Areas

By Tammy Jones, Leslie Texas Copyright 2017
218 Pages
by Eye On Education

218 Pages
by Eye On Education

218 Pages
by Eye On Education

Help your students develop logical reasoning and critical thinking skills. This new book from bestselling authors and popular consultants Tammy Jones and Leslie Texas offers authentic logic-building activities and writing strategies that can be used across all subject areas in grades K–5. Filled with hands-on activities and photocopiable tools, Strategic Journeys will help you guide students... Read more

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Meet the Authors

Preface

Section 1: Why This Journey?

Section 2: Charting the Course: Communicating the Journey

Section 3: The Journey to Deeper Understandings: Building Practices

Section 4: The Journey from Practice to Proficiency: Strategies That Engage

Section 5: Navigating the Journey: Staying the Course

Appendix A: Logical Reasoning Process

Appendix B: Opportunities for Writing

Appendix C: Practice to Proficiency Standards

Appendix D: Practices from the Academic Standards

Biography

Tammy L. Jones has been an educator since 1979, working with students from first grade through college. She currently consults with individual school districts to support teachers in making content accessible to all students.

Leslie A. Texas has over 20 years of experience working with K–12 teachers and schools across the country to enhance rigorous and relevant instruction.

“More than ever before, students need to be able to reason and think critically. Strategic Journeys for Building Logical Reasoning, K-5 provides elementary school teachers with a method to teach logical reasoning in a fun and engaging way. The activities provided are tied to literature and stress the connection to writing that is so important with college and career standards. This book will be an asset to any elementary math curriculum.” –Melody Collier, Curriculum Coordinator, Dyersburg Intermediate School, Dyersburg, Tennessee