Case 15 of 20 · Logic & Reasoning

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Connect the Dots — Thinking Chain

🔎Case Brief #15

🎲 Sorting Game: Get 10 things from around the room.

🎯 Your mission

Prove it.

⚡ The twist

If you change your mind, explain why.

What You'll Learn

🧩 Let's Think & Play! Touch your head — that's where your brain lives! 🧠 Today's adventure: sequential reasoning! Here's what we'll do: 🖐️ LOOK at the fun activity below 🤔 THINK about what you see 🗣️ TALK about your ideas with someone ✏️ TRY the challenge — there are no wrong answers! Remember: Thinking is like a muscle. Every time you try, your brain gets STRONGER! 💪 Let's go! ⬇️

Key Concept: Sequential reasoning

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Think About This

🎲 Sorting Game: Get 10 things from around the room. Sort them into 2 groups. What rule did you use? Can you sort them a DIFFERENT way?

Thinking Steps

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🔍 Search!

Read the question carefully. What is it asking you?

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💡 Ideas!

Think of TWO possible answers. Don't pick yet!

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🎯 Choose!

Now pick the best one. Why did you pick it?

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🪞 Reflect!

Were you right? That's great! Were you wrong? That's great too — you learned!

Key Points

Each step in the chain must be true

If step 1 leads to step 2, and step 2 leads to step 3, then step 1 leads to step 3

This is called a 'chain of reasoning'

Key Vocabulary

Different

When two things are NOT alike

Same

When two things are alike

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Why This Matters in Real Life

You find patterns in EVERYTHING — stripes on your shirt, songs on the radio, and the way day follows night! 🌟

Talk About It

Discuss these questions with a friend, parent, or classmate.

1Can you teach a stuffed animal about sequential reasoning? They're a great audience! 🧸
2What was tricky? What was easy? Show with your thumbs — up 👍 or down 👎!
3Draw your favorite thing from today's lesson and put it on the fridge! 🎨

Take a Side

Take a Side · Case 1

1 of 3

🥚 → 🐣 → 🐔 — What order?

In one sentence, WHY did you pick that?

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

This week, catch one thing a friend says that doesn't logically follow. Ask them about it — kindly.

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For the dinner table

“What's the difference between 'feels true' and 'is true'?”

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