
Module FIVE
Cognate:
Critical Thinking
Making Connections


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Examples of objectives covered:
3rd and 4th grade
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Find similarities and differences among concepts and themes
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Sort and categorize topics, events, concepts, and information
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Identify types of analogies
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Explain metaphors in a story or text
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Compare and contrast two stories or texts
...and more
5th and 6th grade
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Use a Venn diagram to identify similarities and differences
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Recognize complex patterns in stories or in nature
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Understand correlation and determine if two variable are correlated
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Use graphs to determine if two variable are correlated
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Apply different perspectives in a group to evaluate a scenario or real-world situation
...and more
7th and 8th grade
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Make text-to-self and text-to-world connections
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Recognize complex patterns in real-world situations
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Assess whether a problem or situation is part of a bigger problem or helps one to understand a larger picture of events
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Apply one's experience and perspective to evaluate a scenario or real-world situation
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Use connections to different disciplines of study to help one understand a situation or to solve a problem
...and more
9th and 10th grade
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Recognize complex patterns in real-world situations
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Identify patterns or trends in data
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Assess whether a problem or situation is part of a bigger problem or helps one to understand a larger picture of events
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Reflect on one's connections to a situation from an Art of Thinking lens
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Apply different perspectives in a group to evaluate a scenario or real-world situation
...and more