| SHAPES, WORDS, NUMBERS . . . | LOGIC, COGNITIVE COMPLEXITY |
|---|---|
Activity: Tangram Benefits: Geometric thinking; Visualizing spatial relationships; Mental rotation skills; Eye Tracking |
Activity: Word Boxes Benefits: Eye scanning; Word recall; Vocabulary Student-created Artifact Word Box |
Activity: Alphabet Letter Code Benefits: Codes; Problem Solving; Logic Student-created Alphabet Letter Code |
Activity: Letter Equations Challenge: Pattern recognition; Categories; Logic EXAMPLE Letter Equations |
Activity: Jigsaw Puzzle - Visual Thinking Benefits: Hand-eye coordination; Fine motor skills and dexterity; Visual scanning; Visual problem solving; Focus and attention ORIGINAL SAMPLE Student-created jigsaw - Put Boston Back Together |
Activity: Who Are We - Logic Puzzle Benefits: Logic; Problem solving Student-created Visual Logic Who Owns What? - - A Standard Logic Puzzle |
Activity: Add A Letter Ladder Benefits: Word Reconstruction; Vocabulary Student-created Ladder Puzzle |
Activity: Missing Letters - reconstructing words Benefits: Word flexibility; Word reconstruction; Information retrieval ORIGINAL SAMPLE: Alphagram - Rabbit-Proof Fence Alphagram and Word Search - The Horse Whisperer Broadway Alphagram |
Activity: How many squares? Benefits: Whole and part visualization; Visual discrimination; Geometric Logic SAMPLE: Checkerboard Squares |
Activity: Find the Cats near Faneuil Hall Benefits: Visual perception; Eye scanning Student-created Find the Missing Cats |
Activity: Phrase Finder Benefit: Word search; Word Reconstruction; Word Retrieval ORIGINAL SAMPLE: Staying Sharp |
Activity: Strategy Games Benefits: Logic; Problem solving; Cognitive Complexity; Information Retrieval |
Activity: Word Search Puzzles Benefits:Information retrieval; Word recall; Focus and attention; Eye scanning ORIGINAL SAMPLES of Word Searches based on novels: Skipping Christmas by John Grisham Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson The Horse Whisperer |
Activity: Crostic Benefits: Word recall; Analytical connections; Information retrieval ORIGINAL SAMPLES: Illustrated puzzle - Boston - A Crostic Puzzle |
Activity: Code Word Puzzle Benefits:Information retrieval; Word recall; Logic; Eye scanning ORIGINAL SAMPLES of Codeword Puzzles: Codeword - Fall Theme Puzzle Codeword Book to Film theme |
Activity: Figure Logic Puzzle Benefits: Number fact recall; Analytical connections; Logic ORIGINAL SAMPLES of Figure Logic Puzzles: Figure Logic 1 - Puzzle Figure Logic 2 - Puzzle |
Activity: Crossword Puzzles Benefits:Information retrieval; Word recall; Focus and attention; Problem solving ORIGINAL SAMPLES of Crossword Puzzles: Old Boston New England North America Broadway Musicals Crossword |
Activity: Illustrated word puzzle Benefits: Word recall; Analytical connections; Information retrieval ORIGINAL SAMPLE of Illustrated Word Puzzles: Illustrated puzzle - Boston Beckons |
Activity: Matrix Logic Puzzle Benefits: Analytical reasoning; Problem Solving; Observing patterns ORIGINAL SAMPLES of Matrix Logic Puzzles: Colonial Tradesmen | Colonial Chores | Apprentices | Patriot Births |
Activity: Missing Objects Benefits:Analyzing visual similarities; Problem solving; Eye focus ORIGINAL SAMPLES of Missing Patterns: Logic with pictures - Food |
Activity: Sorting Money using Logic Benefits:Logic; Mathematical Reasoning ORIGINAL SAMPLES: Student-created - Money Sorting |
Activity: Word Sudoku - Use letters: D I C S F O H M V Benefits: Problem solving skills; Improve focus and attention to contiguous blocks ORIGINAL SAMPLES of Word Sudoku Puzzles: Colonial Boston Word Sudoku Word Sudoku - based on Sudoku - Easy | Word Sudoku - based on Sudoku Medium |
Activity: Reconstructing Words Benefits: Logic; Reasoning ORIGINAL SAMPLES: Four-Fit 1 (PDF) |
Activity: Anagrams - Use letters: K A K I H = KHAKI Benefits: Problem solving skills; Reconstructing words ORIGINAL SAMPLE of Jumble Puzzles: Jumble Variation About Australia |
Activity: Reconstructing Words Benefits: Logic; Reasoning ORIGINAL SAMPLES: Fill-In Broadway (PDF) 5-Letter Fill-In Broadway Song Titles (PDF) |
Activity: Syllables Benefits: Reconstructing words based on meaning ORIGINAL SAMPLE of Syllacrostic Puzzles: Syllacrostic Broadway (PDF) |