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Debating skills, like the ability to read and write well, can be taught and practiced following a process. Learning to present an opinion with valid reasoning and persuasive logic is something students will take throughout school and into the home and workplace. Kid Scoop teaches a simple three-step protocol of “Ask, Think, Decide” while debating the issue of skateboards on sidewalks. Once known as “sidewalk surfing,” skateboarding has become so popular it’s even part of the summer Olympics! There are justifiable reasons on both sides of the skateboard-on-sidewalk debate, and your scholar will use the protocol to form an opinion pro or con. Skateboarding facts are included to interest your young athlete in safety and the history of this unique form of transportation, sport, and entertainment.
In this issue students will:
- practice a process for participating in a reasoned debate
- learn the history of skateboarding
- talk with family and friends about an issue
- think about pros and cons of skateboarding on sidewalks
- form an option based on valid reasoning
- use the newspaper for a skateboard scavenger hunt
- calculate sums and differences to determine true/false statements
- analyze a letter to the editor
- write about ways to exercise your brain!
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