Super Creative Thinking Activities 2

The workbook Super Creative Thinking Activities 2 is intended for students attending the first grade of primary school. Depending on their reading abilities, first-graders may use it on a self-study basis or with help from their parents or teachers, either in extended stay or during regular classes.

The topics and exercises follow the existing Program of Education and Teaching for the First Grade of Primary Education and Upbringing and they provide the opportunity to practise the subject matter taught at school in an entertaining manner, either at home or in school. Teachers may use individual exercises for work in the introductory or ending part of their lessons as an additional material for children who are able to complete faster the exercises envisaged for them, and they may also use entire thematic units, where there is multiple correlation between program contents. Such inter-subject correlation is one of the key elements of the contemporary relationship with education and life.

Exercises in the workbook Super Creative Thinking Activities 2 are not a test of knowledge. Some exercises have two or more correct solutions. In many exercises children are required to express their own opinion. In such cases, one should take into consideration every answer related to the question asked and encourage the child to be open and frank.

The goal of the authors of this workbook is to encourage children to independently and actively reach solutions to the exercises and problematic situations. Exploration exercises, exercises where a personal opinion or attitude needs to be expressed, as well as exercises for creation and construction, develop logical and critical thinking in children. Spontaneously and through game-playing, these exercises help students acquire many life skills.

SUMMER VACATION

Sofie and Roger are again at school. Their first summer vacation has just ended and they can’t wait to tell one another about all the things they did. Sofie first starts excitedly telling her story.

– We slept in tents that we first had to pitch by ourselves! It was the first time I had partaken in this – Sofie tells excitedly. – The first night, I was scared of all those sounds from the forest. I almost called mom and dad to take me home. Afterwards, I got so used to this that those sounds made me fall asleep. In the evening, we sat outside. Never in my whole life had I seen so many stars in the sky. And it was the first time I had ever seen an actual firefly! Imagine, we were making a real big camp fire! – Sofie can barely catch her breath as she talks with all that excitement.

– And what did you, Roger, do?

– Just as every year, in that same little house at the seaside. It was when my friend Jim came that the adventure began. Once we pitched a tent and spent a night in it. Yes, it was in our yard, but still it was exciting. I was scared to death when I heard some rustling and strange noises! It turned out that this was just a hedgehog –Roger laughs while Sofie looks at him with her eyes wide open.

In the first class, the teacher distributed pieces of paper to her students which each student was supposed to fill out with their memories from the summer vacation. Fill out Sofie’s and Roger’s pieces of paper based on their respective stories.

Roger and Jim oten use coded messages to secretly make deals or simply joke. In the blue rows, they entered the letters of the alphabet in a regular order. If you want to discover their secret code, you must first enter letters into the yellow row, but from the last to the first letter of the alphabet. Then you will be able to discover the answer to the jocular question below.

secret code

Why is the book of mathematical problems sad?

Using Roger’s and Jim’s secret code, write a sentence that best describes your summer vacation.

А B C D E F G H I J K L M

Z

N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

People have admired the stars since a long time ago. They observed the starry sky and perceived large clusters of stars –constellations. They named constellations after the things the constellations resembled the most. A constellation is made up of a multitude of stars, but, in the sky, we recognize them by those stars that are best seen. Constellations are particularly well visible during clear summer evenings, outside of big settlements. In big cities it is difficult to see constellations due to much artificial light.

Using Roger’s and Jim’s secret code from the previous page, discover the names of the constellations that Sofie saw in the camp. Try to find them in the night sky when the opportunity for this arises.

X

F

K

Z I B N

H H H OE Z

H Z X ZL Q

R R M L

L H H I

K V R Z

One evening, the campers competed against each other in making the best mummy from toilet paper. Unwrap the roll and reveal who it is that Sofie wrapped up like a mummy. Circle the name of that camper.

Follow the routes and write the letters in the blank squares. You will find out what, according to Sofie, was the most exciting thing that evening. Draw the solution.

CALCULATE

1. = 8 = 5 = 3

Roger and Jim competed against each other in diving. They agreed that it would be possible to win points only if they managed to take a starfish, a sea urchin or a seashell out of the sea. Each one of the sea animals carried a certain number of points. Calculate how many animals were taken out of the sea by either of them and enter their values into the table. Then calculate the total number of points won by either of the boys. Who won? Mark the name of the winner.

Roger found: Jim found:

Don’t worry! They returned all the sea animals back to the sea.

Roger Jim

and her camping friends were buying souvenirs. In the table, the price is provided for every group of three souvenirs in a horizontal line and also for every group of three souvenirs in a vertical line. Study the table and determine the individual price for each respective

Talk to a friend about how he or she spent their vacation. Together fill in the list with memories from the summer vacation.

and also

the objects and decide

in which

Write the

A STORY OF BREAD

In a little but comfortable house lived a hen, a pig, and a tomcat. The hen worked hard all day long. While she worked, the pig carefreely rolled in the mud and the tomcat basked in the sun and purred. One day, while she was puttering around in the yard, the hen found several grains of wheat.

– Who will help me sow this wheat? – the hen asked.

– I can’t! – the pig grunted.

– I can’t help you either! – the tomcat purred lazily.

– Then I will sow it alone – the hen said and sowed the wheat.

When the wheat became ripe, the hen asked who would help her reap the wheat.

– I can’t! – the pig grunted.

– I can’t help you either! – the tomcat purred lazily.

– Then I will reap it alone – the hen said.

When the wheat was reaped, the hen asked:

– Who will take the grains to the mill?

– I can’t! – the pig grunted.

– I can’t do it either! – the tomcat purred lazily.

Then the hen ground the wheat alone, returned with a full sack of flour, and asked:

– Who will help me make bread?

– We can’t! – the pig and the tomcat exclaimed.

– Then I will make it alone – the hen said.

Soon the house was filled with the gorgeous aroma of hot bread. The pig and the tomcat ran into the kitchen.

– I feel like eating bread – the pig grunted.

– Me too, although I am not very fond of it, but I am so hungry that I could eat even bread – the tomcat purred.

– No, you won’t! – the hen said – I sowed the wheat alone, I reaped it alone and took the grains to the mill. I made bread alone –and alone I will eat it!

3.

The hen likes to invent new words. Based on the sentences, deduce the meanings of the underlined invented words. Using a line, match the invented word to its corresponding picture.

The jinez should rise nicely.

I should hoe the chotvirak. Gojen needs to be greased.

Soil got stuck to my chivikas.

I need a deep chopilak to cook my broth.

I will feed the chickolich with corn.

Today I laid only one choniche.

You too try and invent a new word. Draw what it means. Write a sentence where you will use your newly invented word.

Help the hen find her way to the mill. Calculate the length of the path that the hen traversed.

The hen traversed a path metres long.

The clocks show how much time the hen took to complete all the tasks needed for bread-making. Study the time shown by the clocks and answer the questions.

Preparing the

Kneading the dough

Rising of the

and rising of a loaf

What was the time when the hen started to make bread?

How long was the loaf of bread baked?

Which one of the hen’s tasks took the longest to complete?

How much time in total did the hen need to make a loaf of bread?