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Verbal Cues

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Help young learners practice drawing conclusions and using reasoning through this simple game idea. The teacher places a mystery object in a bag and  learners must ask yes/no questions until they guess what it is correctly. As a model of the critical thinking skills this game is designed to exercise, the teacher should ask prompting questions to elicit this kind of thinking from learners. After the class practices this game all together, students should be able to play amongst thems

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describing words, drawing conclusions, verbal cues, english language arts
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Grade
K
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
45 mins
Instructional Strategy
Discussion
Accessibility
Text-to-Speech
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Common Core

SL.K.2 SL.K.3 L.K.1.a L.K.1.d

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