Language Arts & Reading

Mrs. Summerlin
 ginnysummerlin@gcboe.net

 

Strategic Thinking
Use the following strategies with your child to improve their critical thinking skills.
Predicting
What do you think might happen next in the story?
What do you think this story might be about?
Has your thinking changed as you have read?
Questioning
What are you wondering?
Does this make sense?
What questions do you have?
Clarifying
What made you think that?
Has your thinking changed at all?
Summarizing
So, what's happened so far?
What have you learned so far?
Visualizing
What pictures do you see in your head?
What do you see now?
Making Connections
Does this remind you of anything?
This reminds me of.......do you think that?

Great Web Sites for Kids
language arts games and more www.funbrain.com
vocabulary builders and activities www.vocabulary.com
book review, games, authors, and more www.kidsreads.com
games, books, contests www.scholastic.com
homework help http://school.discovery.com/student
dictionary word game of the day www.m-w.com/game.com
public television www.pbskids.org