1. POWER THINKING IN GEOMETRY/ INTEGRATED II

2. Power Thinking is used to help differentiate between main ideas and details. Main ideas are Power 1 ideas, while details are Power 2s, 3s, or 4s. What is Power Thinking? Pg 38 PT-1  Project CRISS ® 2006

3. Power 1: Main idea, thesis... Power 2: Support or detail of a Power 1 Power 3: Support or detail of a Power 2 What is Power Thinking? PT-1  Project CRISS ® 2006

4. POWER THINKING EXAMPLE 1. Clothes 2. Hot weather 3. Shorts 3. Tank Tops 3. Swimsuit 4. Bikini 4. Swim trunks 2. Cold weather 3. Coat 3. Sweater 4. Wool PT-2  Project CRISS ® 2006

5. TRY POWER THINKING USING THE FOLLOWING ITEMS…. TWIXSOUR PATCH KIDSM&M’S LAFFY TAFFYREESE’SJOLLY RANCHERS HERSHEY’S BARMILKY WAYSSPREE SWEDISH FISHSMARTIESPEANUT M&M’S THREE MUSKETEERSSALT WATER TAFFY SNICKERSGUMMY BEARSNERDS PT-2  Project CRISS ® 2006

6. 1. Candy 2. Chocolate 3. Solid Chocolate 4. Hershey’s Bare 4. Three Musketeers 4. M&M’s 3. Peanuts 4. Snickers 4. Peanut M&M’s 4. Reese’s 3. Caramel 4. Twix 4. Milky Way 4. Snickers 2. Non-Chocolate 3. Hard Candy 4. Nerds 4. Jolly Ranchers 4. Smarties 4. Spree 3. Taffy 4. Laffy Taffy 4. Saltwater Taffy 3. Gummy 4. Swedish Fish 4. Gummy Bears 4. Sour Patch Kids PT-2  Project CRISS ® 2006

7. MATHEMATICS 1. I learned three things about fractions yesterday. 2. I can use percent calculations in two ways while shopping 3. There are seven different type of quadrilateral…. In fact…. #3 sounds like a great activity for you to try Power Thinking! Please now open the Quadrilaterals Who I am Activity and help me figure out which properties belong to each quadrilateral. Then you will use Power Thinking to organize the quadrilaterals from the most general to the most specific. Sample Power 1 Sentences Math Examples PT-4a  Project CRISS ® 2006