Organizing Thinking Book 2

• Language Arts — Nouns & Pronouns / Parts of Speech / Comparing Plots in Two Stories / Assumptions, Reasons, Conclusions / Analyzing a Poem / Organizing Arguments
• Writing — Definitions / Autobiography / Report / Descriptive / Expository / Creative / Essay
• Social Studies — Colonial Stock Companies / Lincoln and Douglass / Life in Two Cultures / United Nations / Development of Civilization
• Mathematics — Common Multiples & Prime Numbers / Fractions: Value of; Adding & Multiplying / Triangles, Quadrilaterals, Polygons
• Science — Land, Water, and Flying Animals / Amphibians and Reptiles / Controlling Disease / Testing Mineral Hardness / Earth and Venus
• PLUS — 23 Blank Graphic Organizers are included in each book

Introduction--Components of Organizing Thinking

Chapter 1--Blackline Master Graphs

Chapter 2--Language Arts Lessons

• Grammar

  • Nouns and Pronouns
  • Describing Pronouns
  • Parts of Speech
    
• Research and Library Systems
  • Dewey Decimal System
  • History or Fiction?
  • What Kind of Book Do You Want to Read?
• Literature
  • Aesop's Fables
  • Laura Ingalls Wilder
  • Charlotte's Web: Describing a Character
  • Charlotte's Web: Character Analysis
  • Charlotte's Web: Assumptions, Reasons, and Conclusions
  • Describing a Story
  • "Fog"
    
• Speech
  • Describing a Good Speech
    
• Critical Reading and Reasoning
  • Describing Class Relationships
  • Main Idea and Supporting Details
  • What Is A Debate?
  • Preparing A Debate
  • Stating Debate Issues
  • Organizing Arguments

Chapter 3--Writing

Chapter 4--Social Studies

• Geography

  • Great Britain and Japan
  • Land Forms and Bodies of Water
    
• United States History
  • Colonial Stock Companies
  • Early Presidents
  • Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass: Two Biographies
  • Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass: Comparing Leaders
  • Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass: Conditions and Contributions
    
• Economics
  • Petrochemical Products
  • Needs and Resources: Survival and Quality-of-Life Needs in Two Cultures
  • Needs and Resources: The Buffalo as a Source of Supply
  • Needs and Resources: Comparing Goods
    
• Political Science
  • State and Federal Government
  • Local, State, and Federal Government
  • The United Nations
    
• World History
  • The Development of Civilization

Chapter 5--Mathematics

• Number Operations

  • Common Factors
  • Factor Tree
  • Common Multiples and Prime Numbers
  • Finding a Mathematical Rule
  • Value of Fractions
  • How to Add Fractions
  • Adding and Multiplying Fractions
  • Fractions and Decimals
    
• Geometry
  • Describing Triangles
  • Quadrilateral Series: Classifying Polygons
  • Describing Quadrilaterals
  • Classifying Quadrilaterals
    
• Graphing
  • World Population Growth
  • Effect of Inflation on Your Buying Power

Chapter 6--Science

• Life Science

  • Land, Water, and Flying Animals
  • Amphibians and Reptiles
  • Mammal Gestation Periods
  • Food Chain
  • Means of Controlling Disease
  • Handedness and Eyedness
    
• Physical Science
  • Simple Machines
  • Testing Hardness of Minerals
  • Weather Observations
  • The Twin Planets: Earth and Venus
  • Energy Transformations

Chapter 7--Enrichment

• Music

  • The Flute and the Clarinet
  • Describing a Musical Work

• Art

  • Elements of Design
  • Describing a Picture
  • Comparing Pictures
  • Describing Pictures and Music

Chapter 8--Personal Problem Solving

• Personal Decisions

  • Short- and Long-term Goals
  • Time Management: How Well Do I Use My Time?
  • Time Management: Planning My Time
  • Effects of Prolonged Television Watching
  • What Makes a Good Leader?
  • Reducing Lunchroom Waste
  • Steps in Planning a Budget
    
• Consumer Choices
  • Weight of Bubble Gum
  • Calories in Food
    
• Study Skills
  • How Do I Learn It Well?
  • Do I Really Know It?
  • Think/Pair/Share