# Critical Thinking Task: Is this always true? | Extension & Mixed Ability Activity | Stages 2 & 3 **Price:** $1.45 AUD **Seller:** TeachBuySell Seller **Year Levels:** year3, year4, year5, year6 **Subjects:** humanitiesAndSocialSciences, science, english ## Description (seller-submitted) Is This Always True? | Critical Thinking Task | Reasoning & Generalisation Activity | Years 3–8. Help students become stronger critical thinkers by teaching them to question ideas instead of automatically accepting them as true. This engaging MindStretch Mini encourages students to test generalisations, explore exceptions, and decide whether statements are always true, sometimes true, or not true. Students create and analyse statements to explore: When is this true? When is it not true? What are the exceptions? Why Teachers Love This Resource ✔ No prep – ready to use immediately ✔ Encourages deeper reasoning and discussion ✔ Builds critical thinking and questioning skills ✔ Open-ended tasks with multiple valid responses ✔ Easy to use across subjects and age groups What’s Included Generalisation thinking task Teacher Quick Start guide Push & Differentiate support page Sample statements for modelling discussion Student reflection prompts MindStretch framework connection page Skills Developed Students practice: Critical thinking Testing generalisations Identifying exceptions Reasoning and justification Perspective-taking Explaining ideas with evidence How It Works Students examine a statement and decide whether it is: Always true Sometimes true Not true They then justify their thinking using examples, counterexamples, and reasoning. Example prompts include: What are the exceptions? When might this not be true? Can you prove it? There is no single correct answer — students are encouraged to think deeply and explain their reasoning clearly. Perfect For Grades 3–8/Years 3-8 Critical thinking lessons Inquiry and discussion activities Debate warm-ups Whole-class discussion Early finishers Gifted & extension activities Flexible Classroom Use Use this resource for: Whole-class modelling Small group discussion Independent thinking tasks Inquiry and reasoning lessons Warm-ups and brain stretches Part of the MindStretch Thinking Series This resource is part of the MindStretch Mi… [truncated] --- View on TeachBuySell: https://teachbuysell.com.au/l/6a76a819-902e-4966-87ac-1c84900f65a1 Marketplace: https://teachbuysell.com.au