Reproducible, Easy-to-Play Card and Board Games That Build Kids Critical Thinking Skills and Help Them Succeed on Tests

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1 Reproducible, Easy-to-Play Card and Board Games That Build Kids Critical Thinking Skills and Help Them Succeed on Tests NEW YORK TORONTO LONDON AUCKLAND SYDNEY MEXICO CITY NEW DELHI HONG KONG BUENOS AIRES

2 Dedication These games are dedicated to: all the children who worked with me over the past 20 years to acquire good critical-thinking skills; my three grandchildren Katie, Sam, and Jake who played these games with me just for the fun of it; the teachers, tutors, and parents dedicated to helping every student achieve to the highest; Andrea and Mark for their patient and indispensable computer tutoring; and, of course, to Jack, for his patience, advice, and encouragement. Scholastic Inc. grants teachers permission to photocopy the game boards and cards from this book for classroom use. No other part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission of the publisher. For information regarding permission, write to Scholastic Inc., 557 Broadway, New York, NY Cover and interior design by Holly Grundon Illustrations by Kelly Kennedy ISBN Copyright 2005 by Elaine Richard All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A

3 Contents Introduction Riddle Me Silly Play Your Hunch How Can You Tell? Fact or Opinion Reading Between the Lines You ve Got to Be Kidding! Classified Making Connections Let s Compare Game Board A Game Board B Possible Answers

4 ! Given open-ended questions, players try to come up with as many logical answers as possible. Objective To give students practice in drawing conclusions, using experience and logical thinking Players 2 to 4 players You ll Need 8 cards (choose from pages 8 11) game board (pages 12 13) Paper and pencil for each player Number cube (die) Timer (optional) How to Play 1. Place one card on each cabin on the game board. Distribute paper and pencils to each player. 2. Starting at the first cabin, a player rolls the number cube to determine how many answers to give for the question. For example, if a player rolls a 5, each player must list five possible answers to the question. (You may want to use a timer and set a time limit, like 30 seconds or 1 minute.) 3. Play continues as players move to the next cabin and repeat step After everyone has gone through all the cabins, players compare answers for each question. Cross out any answers that are the same as other players. Decide as a group which of the remaining answers are logical and count them. The player with the most number of logical answers wins. 10 Critical Thinking Card Games Scholastic Teaching Resources 7

5 1 7 What can you do in winter but not in summer? What job could keep you in good shape? 2 8 What do ice and steam have in common? What costs less today than it did 10 years ago? 3 9 What can you do on the weekend but not on a school day? What is sometimes too short for a tall person? 4 10 What do you swallow but not chew? What do you always have more than one of? 5 11 Who can you recognize from very far away? 6 12 What can a person do only once or twice in his life? What can you identify by its smell? What can you identify by its shape? 10 Critical Thinking Card Games page 8 Scholastic Teaching Resources

6 13 19 What food tastes better fresh than canned? What should be done very carefully? What would you like to keep all your life? What should be cooked before it is eaten? What can change shape? What looks different when it is wet than when it is dry? What has a right side and a wrong side? What would you not wash in a washing machine? 10 Critical Thinking Card Games page 9 Scholastic Teaching Resources What gets loaded and unloaded? What would you put at the bottom of a grocery bag? What is easy to remember? What is difficult to remember?