Teaching students to become skilled thinkers is a goal of Mentoring Minds

We cannot assume that all students will become critical thinkers without explicit instruction. Critical thinking is an essential strategy used to develop, reinforce, and extend the standards at any grade level, in any subject, and by any student. Mentoring Minds critical thinking products can be used to develop high-quality instruction and lead students to independently process information. As students advance through school and beyond, critical thinking will always be a strategy needed to form meaningful connections. Teaching critical thinking is relevant to the success of students!

Critical Thinking Combo Pack

The Critical Thinking Combo Packs combine several resources to create a set of tools for implementing instruction rich with higher-level thinking.

The Critical Thinking Combo Pack contains:

• Critical Thinking Wheel
• Critical Thinking Student Guides (2-3, 4-5, or 6-12)
• Critical Thinking Stems (2-5 or 6-12)
• Critical Thinking Strategies Guide

Available Levels: 2-3, 4-5, 6-12

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Critical Thinking Wheel

The Critical Thinking Wheel provides educators quick and easy accessto critical thinking tools to use in the classroom based on Bloom’s Taxonomy.

• Suggests questions that can be used to plan quality lessons
• Moves learning beyond the memorization level
• Offers questioning stems to solicit information at lower levels and higher levels of thought

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Critical Thinking Strategies Guide

The Critical Thinking Strategies Guide provides educators a tool to assist in the development of higher-order thinking and to actively engage students in learning.

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Student Critical Thinking Guide

The Student Critical Thinking Guide provides educators and students quick and easy access to questions at each level of Bloom’s Taxonomy.

• Enables students to ask quality questions of their peers
• Deepens the complexity of thought in students through integration of questions with content
• Engages students in collaborative discussions with partners, in small groups, or in whole group settings

Available Levels: 2-3, 4-5, 6-12

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Critical Thinking Questioning Stems

Critical Thinking Questioning Stems are cards that provide a wide array of questions and prompts to promote critical thinking in the classroom. Teachers can use these cards to move learning beyond the memorization level.

• Improves comprehension through the use of higher-level questions
• Provides prompts to develop, review, or extend conceptual knowledge
• Builds a knowledge base of content using the lower levels of questioning stems

Available Levels: 2-5 or 6-12

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Power Strips

Power Strips are patterned after Bloom’s Taxonomy to help the teacher incorporate all levels of the taxonomy to plan questions and activities in every subject area.

• Allows students to be active participants in their own learning
• Serves as a great tool for developmental or culminating activities in any subject area content
• Promotes critical thinking while studying issues or content related topics

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Mentoring Minds offers products for teachers and students related to Response to Intervention implementation, critical thinking, math, vocabulary, reading, classroom management, and writing.