Making Everyday Choices : Helping Students in Grades 2-5 Practice the Art of Thinking.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Dos and Don'ts -- 2 One Step Ahead -- Buy Now . . . Uh Oh . . . -- No Time? -- Simplify -- The Dreaded Homework -- Tipping the Scales -- 3 Action Figures -- "No Thanks" -- Which Way? -- Rain, Rain, Rain -- Sick to Your Stomach -- Adults Make Decisions, Too -- 4 Opinion Lab -- Back It Up -- The Majority Rules -- Open Minds -- Fill in the Blanks -- Should I or Shouldn't I? -- Honest Opinion? -- 5 Streamlining -- Stuff -- Write About "Anything" -- Too Many Library Books! -- Recipe For Friendship -- Mixed Up -- Zeroing In -- Pick a Number, Any Number! -- 6 Side by Side -- Meet The Inventors -- Gorilla or Elephant? -- Juggling Act -- Six Words -- Me, Me, and Me -- What's In a Name? -- Take Me to Your Leader -- Who Says I'm Bossy? -- 7 Don't Jump! -- Is Seeing Believing? -- Scrumptious! -- Fair or Unfair? -- How Does Your Garden Grow? -- Race in the Park -- What's Inside? -- 8 Huh? What Did You Say? -- Better Safe than Sorry -- The Early Bird Gets the Worm -- Don't Bite Off More than You Can Chew -- Don't Count Your Chickens Before They Hatch -- Haste Makes Waste -- Two Heads Are Better than One -- 9 How Did This Happen? -- Oh, That Little Voice -- Walking the Dog -- Who Did It? -- We Can -- You Never Know -- Imagine If . . . -- Cause and No Effect -- 10 Words of Wisdom -- Make It Safe . . . Relatable . . . Open . . . -- Going Beyond . . . Taking Risks . . . Making Choices . . . Making Mistakes . . . -- Construction Paper . . . Oxygen . . . Philosophy . . . -- Expectations . . . Routines . . . Accountability . . . -- Scenarios . . . History Lesson . . . Good Planning . . . -- Consequences . . . Prompts . . . Dialogue . . . -- Intervening . . . Rethinking . . . Knowing When . . . -- Role Modeling . . . Connecting . . . Visualizing . ..

Reaping the Rewards . . . Celebrating . . . Building Confidence . . . -- 11 Food for Thought -- Leave It Alone -- Outside the Cocoon -- In My Opinion -- What Do I Really Think? -- Counterproductive -- Getting Full -- Wrong Foot Forward -- Cut It Down -- Who Me? -- Before It Spirals . . . -- About the Author.

This book focuses on helping children become self-reliant thinkers and decision-makers. The exercises are "practice runs" to be presented in a casual atmosphere where students share their thinking and receive educator guidance. Educators will learn that observing their students' thinking processes can provide insight into their decision-making.

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