Think-and-Learn Site Map

This table shows the Kidport Think-and-Learn content as it develops from Grade 1 through Grade 8. For an introduction to the Think-and-Learn concepts please see Think-and-Learn Coherent Learning System.

Each column shows the learning skills being developed. Following each row from grade 1 to grade 8 you can see the development of each skill towards mastering key thinking and learning techniques. Since these concepts build upon each other, it is best to start at the beginning and work through each of the grades to develop a full understanding of the thinking and learning skills. You can go to each of the skills directly by clicking on the table item.Workbook and Reference Library items are provided to help you learn the concepts as applied in math, science, social studies and language arts.

Grade 1	Grade 2	Grade 3	Grade 4	Grade 5	Grade 6	Grade 7	Grade 8
Grade 1 Index	Grade 2 Index	Grade 3 Index	Grade 4 Index	Grade 5 Index	Grade 6 Index	Grade 7 Index	Grade 8 Index
Following simple instructions	Finding definitions in reference Finding analogies	Finding key terms in reference Finding key facts	Distinguishing relevant from irrelevant Information Search Multi-Step Instructions	Finding and using special references Filtering	Finding the theme or author's purpose Putting Things in Context	Multi-Step info search and reporting Fact or opinion	Mastering Internet Research and Information Overload
Making a Copy	Find main idea	Writing catalog cards	Summarizing a reading	Outlining Interviewing	Describing/ Explaining	News writing and questioning Abstracts	Mastering Information Reporting
Grouping by letter and number	Classifying shapes	Putting in sequence Classifying	Organizing Information by location and time	Making information visual LATCH mnenomic	Developing a classifying system Conceptualizing	Designing and making plans	Mastering Organizational Skills LATCH mnenomic
Map making	Following a map Tracking	Backwards and upside down	Make the problem and solution visual	Compare new information to known information	Find the best questions Finding analogies	Think solutions aloud Finding the best questions	Mastering Creative and Visual Thinking
Ordering	Predicting effects	Comparing and contrasting	Distinguish relevant from irrelevant	Is it fact or opinion?	Look at things from multiple perspectives	Logic and arguments	Mastering Evaluation or Critical Thinking
Pattern identification	Finding parts and wholes Patterns	Describing environments	Finding relationships	Recognizing main components	Follow positive and negative feedback	Recognizing relationships and transactions	Mastering Web or Systems Thinking
Rhyming to remember	Identify similar shapes	What is same and different Analogies	Making models Interpretation	Writing poems using imagination	Interpreting stories and reports	Using analogy in problem solving	Mastering Metaphor Thinking
Looking and recording Estimating	Predicting outcomes	Following directions	Observation and recording	Predict cause and effect links	Interpreting data and generalizing	Testing and validating ideas	Mastering Scientific Thinking
Looking and recording	Notice changes	Finding visual patterns	Observe and record patterns	Finding themes	Identifying trends	Recognizing dynamic patterns	Mastering Pattern or Dynamic Thinking

Think-and-Learn Site Map

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Grade 8