GRADE 4 ENRICHMENT LANGUAGE ARTS UNIT: WORD SLEUTHS
Creative and critical thinking skills converge in this Word Sleuths problem solving unit. Creative thinking will be stimulated through short story analysis and original story creations. Critical thinking skills will be sharpened through deductive reasoning activities that allow for analyzing and synthesizing various sources. Deductive reasoning is a process in which a logical conclusion is based on multiple pieces of information that are assumed to be true.
The unit will promote the following:
Growth in imagination and intuitive functioning
Encourage divergent thinking
Thought provoking experiences that develop cooperative, rather than competitive, learning
Develop better readers and thinkers
Ensure involvement on the part of each participant
Encourage feelings of group and individual success
(Source: Nathan Levy’s Stories with Holes)
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