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By Sandy Wyatt, P.E.T.S.™ program teacher &
frequent contributor to the
P.E.T.S.™ Newsletter
and
Dodie Merritt, co-author of the original
P.E.T.S.™ program and staff development presenter of the P.E.T.S.™ Program
- is engaging, informative, and fun for ALL
students!
- is a systematized enrichment and diagnostic thinking
skills program suitable for Kindergarten that introduces students to
different ways of thinking.
- is aligned to the higher levels of Bloom's Taxonomy,
presenting lessons in convergent analysis, divergent synthesis, and
evaluation.
- includes 2 whole group lessons for each thinking
component and an additional small group lesson for high level thinkers
- includes in the 4 Resources & Extension Sections
Tiered Question Q'ubes™ for each of the kinds of questions with any book
- correlates with the components of multiple
intelligences
- provides opportunities for learners with different
thinking strengths to shine.
- provides diagnostic checklists for building behavioral
portfolios on talented young learners that support a differentiated approach
to their education.
- can be used as a precursor to the primary P.E.T.S.™
program with Dudley the Detective, Isabel the Inventor, Sybil the Scientist,
Yolanda the Yarnspinner, Max the Magician, and Jordan the Judge.
As you follow the program, ask your librarian to have these
books available to read to your students and then follow up with the Whole Group
and Small Group Lessons and extension activities:
| Ten Black Dots |
Curious George's ABCs |
| How Will We Get to the Beach? |
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? |
| Seven Blind Mice |
When A Line Bends, A Shape Begins |
| Can I Have a Stegosaurus, Mom? Can I? |
The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe
Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear |
The following literature
guides can be used in conjunction with our
Kindergarten P.E.T.S. ™ Book.
All of the books are mentioned as the main books for activities or as
books used for extension activities.
To see some sample pages from our literature guides
click here.
Divergent/Creative Thinking
Things That Are Most in the World
In a Small, Small Pond
One Mitten
Three Pebbles and a Song
Benny’s
Hat
Evaluative Thinking
Can
I have a Stegosaurus, Mom? Can I? Please!?
Trial of Cardigan Jones
Convergent Thinking
How
Will We Get To the Beach?
Visual Thinking
Seven Blind Mice
ISBN 978-1-93538-00-9
Kindergarten
104 Pages
Sample Pages (in .pdf form):
Convergent Thinkers
Divergent Thinkers
Visual Thinkers
Evaluative Thinkers
