Strategic Journeys for Building Logical Reasoning 6-8

<p>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 6-8. Filled with hands-on activities and photocopiable tools, <i>Strategic Journeys</i> will help you guide your students into deeper thinking to go beyond the surface of content to true understanding.</p><p>Topics include:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>Identifying opportunities for students to engage in meaningful and relevant writing across the content areas;</li> <p> </p> <li>Introducing a logical reasoning process, questioning structure, and bridging models to allow students to delve deeper into problems;</li> <p> </p> <li>Incorporating literature to increase student engagement and make content come alive for your students;</li> <p> </p> <li>Building vocabulary and literacy skills through fun activities aimed at increasing proficiency;</li> <p> </p> <li>Using the Three Phases of Logical Reasoning to plan lessons effectively, help students reflect on their progress, and implement the strategies successfully.</li> </ul><p>The strategies in this book have been implemented in hundreds of classrooms around the country, and have been proven to increase student engagement, promote higher-order thinking and in-depth reasoning, and improve overall achievement. </p> <p>eResources</p><p>Meet the Authors</p><p>Preface</p><p>Section 1: Why This Journey?</p><p>Section 2: Charting the Course: Communicating the Journey</p><p>Section 3: The Journey to Deeper Understandings: Building Practices</p><p>Section 4: The Journey from Practice to Proficiency: Strategies That Engage</p><p>Section 5: Navigating the Journey: Staying the Course</p><p>Appendix A: Logical Reasoning Process</p><p>Appendix B: Opportunities for Writing</p><p>Appendix C: Practice to Proficiency Standards</p><p>Appendix D: Practices from the Academic Standards</p>