Remedia Publications was founded by two experienced special education teachers who recognized a great need for special materials that would help their struggling learners develop and improve basic skills. They believed that teachers know best when it comes to creating learning material, so they assembled a team of other experienced teachers and began developing unique learning products suitable for students in both special ed. classes and regular ed. classes.
Remedia Publications was founded by two experienced special education teachers who recognized a great need for special materials that would help their struggling learners develop and improve basic skills. They believed that teachers know best when it comes to creating learning material, so they assembled a team of other experienced teachers and began developing unique learning products suitable for students in both special ed. classes and regular ed. classes.
Reading Skills Activities | Reading Comprehension | Finding Facts
Improve Overall Reading Comprehension with Targeted Specific Skill Practice!
Focusing on one comprehension skill at a time gives students the opportunity to master that skill and improve their general reading and comprehension skills.
Finding Facts:
Being able to find the facts in a story is a basic, yet essential, comprehension skill. It helps to lay the foundation for success in mastering other comprehension skills.
You may want to introduce this skill by explaining to students that facts are small bits of information that make up the whole of a story.
Skill Specific Activities
There are 15 high-interest, short stories in this selection that include a variety of fiction and non-fiction topics. The follow up questions guide students to find the facts. The facts might be who, what, where, when or why. Or they might be the names of people and places, dates, times, and numbers.
Each story is numbered instead of having a title. The last question for each story asks the students to give the story a title. This important activity helps to determine the student’s level of understanding the story’s main idea.
Visual Lesson
Each story has an engaging illustration designed to bring the story to life and help capture the interest of reluctant readers. To help sharpen inference skills, students can be asked to use the illustration to predict what the story is about.
Teaching Opportunities
These targeted activities are great for one-on-one intervention, small groups of students at multiple skill levels or whole class participation. Can be used for remediation, review, and transition classes.
Details:
Each short story is between 140 and 160 words and is written at a 3.0 to 4.5 reading level according to the Flesch-Kincaid Readability Scale. The interest level is grades 4 and up.
Contents Include:
• 15 high-interest, short stories
• 15 pages of skill-specific questions focusing on Finding Facts
• Answer Key
Reading Skills Activities | Reading Comprehension | Finding Facts
Improve Overall Reading Comprehension with Targeted Specific Skill Practice!
Focusing on one comprehension skill at a time gives students the opportunity to master that skill and improve their general reading and comprehension skills.
Finding Facts:
Being able to find the facts in a story is a basic, yet essential, comprehension skill. It helps to lay the foundation for success in mastering other comprehension skills.
You may want to introduce this skill by explaining to students that facts are small bits of information that make up the whole of a story.
Skill Specific Activities
There are 15 high-interest, short stories in this selection that include a variety of fiction and non-fiction topics. The follow up questions guide students to find the facts. The facts might be who, what, where or when. Or they might be the names of people and places, dates, times, and numbers.
Each story is numbered instead of having a title. The last question for each story asks the students to give the story a title. This important activity helps to determine the student’s level of understanding the story’s main idea.
Visual Lesson
Each story has an engaging illustration designed to bring the story to life and help capture the interest of reluctant readers. To help sharpen inference skills, students can be asked to use the illustration to predict what the story is about.
Teaching Opportunities
These targeted activities are great for one-on-one intervention, small groups of students at multiple skill levels or whole class participation. Can be used for remediation, review, and transition classes.
Details:
Each short story is between 140 and 160 words and is written at a 2.0 to 3.5 reading level according to the Flesch-Kincaid Readability Scale. The interest level is grades 4 and up.
Contents Include:
• 15 high-interest, short stories
• 15 pages of skill-specific questions focusing on Finding Facts
• Answer Key
This is an essential addition to any reading unit! Each of the 15 short, high-interest stories is followed by comprehension questions that specifically help students use context clues to determine the meaning of words.
Having a strategy to understand new words is important for reading success. To become fluent readers, students must be able to understand the relationship between the words, phrases, and sentences in a story. And this unit will help students do just that!
15 Stories Features Include:
Short stories (140-155 words)
High-interest fiction & nonfiction topics
Engaging illustrations that bring stories to life
Follow-up, skill-specific comprehension questions
Contents Include:
To the Teacher
List of Reading Levels and Word Counts for each Story
Answer Key
15 Stories
15 Context Clues Activities
Reading Level 3.0-4.5 | Interest Level 4-12
Total Pages
32 Pages
Answer Key
Included
This is an essential addition to any reading unit! Each of the 15 short, high-interest stories is followed by comprehension questions that specifically help students use context clues to determine the meaning of words.
Having a strategy to understand new words is important for reading success. To become fluent readers, students must be able to understand the relationship between the words, phrases, and sentences in a story. And this unit will help students do just that!
15 Stories Features Include:
Short stories (140-155 words)
High-interest fiction & nonfiction topics
Engaging illustrations that bring stories to life
Follow-up, skill-specific comprehension questions
Contents Include:
To the Teacher
List of Reading Levels and Word Counts for each Story
Answer Key
15 Stories
15 Context Clues Activities
Reading Level 2.0-3.5 | Interest Level 4-12
Reading Skills Activities | Reading Comprehension | Facts and Opinions
Improve Overall Reading Comprehension with Targeted Specific Skill Practice!
Focusing on one comprehension skill at a time gives students the opportunity to master that skill and improve their general reading and comprehension skills.
Fact & Opinion: Being able to tell a fact from an opinion is an important reading skill to master. It allows the reader to make a sound judgment about the information presented in a story. To introduce this skill, explain the difference between a fact and an opinion. Fact: a fact is something that is true about a subject. It can be tested and proven. Opinion: an opinion is what someone thinks or feels about a subject.
Skill Specific Activities
There are 15 high-interest, short stories in this selection include a variety of fiction and non-fiction topics. The follow up questions guide students to Facts and Opinions.
Each story is numbered instead of having a title. The last question for each story asks the students to give the story a title. This important activity helps to determine the student’s level of understanding the story’s main idea.
Visual Lesson
Each story has an engaging illustration designed to bring the story to life and help capture the interest of reluctant readers. To help sharpen inference skills, students can be asked to use the illustration to predict what the story is about.
Teaching Opportunities
These targeted activities are great for one-on-one intervention, small groups of students at multiple skill levels or whole class participation. Can be used for remediation, review, and transition classes.
Details:
Each short story is between 140 and 160 words and is written at a 3.0 to 4.5 reading level according to the Flesch-Kincaid Readability Scale. The interest level is grades 4 and up.
Contents Include:
• 15 high-interest, short stories
• 15 pages of skill-specific questions focusing on Facts and Opinions
• Answer Key
Life Skills | Environmental Print | Maps | Directories | Guides | Special Education | Locating Information | Reading Comprehension.
Practice real-life reading opportunities with these ready-to-use activities designed to prepare students for the real world. Students get tons of practice interpreting and understanding highly-visual signs and charts then learn to apply what they have read in their everyday lives.
Whether finding a store at the mall, taking a road trip, or looking for tonight’s football game on your TV schedule, reading directories, guides, and maps is an essential part of everyday life. However, some students need specific instruction and practice before they are able to understand, interpret, and use what they have read in these unique and complex formats.
These colorful lessons are sure to motivate even the most reluctant learners while they improve their essential life skills.
Contents Include:
10 Full-Color, Realistic Environmental Signs/Graphics. (measure 8.5"x11").
Print these or display them on your whiteboard or digital device.
10 Black/White, Realistic Environmental Cards (for easy printing)
10 Follow-Up Comprehension Activities for EACH card.
100 Comprehension Questions!
SUMMARY:
This visually exciting unit provides the practice students need to build confidence, while increasing reading comprehension and essential life skills. Each of the 10 highly visual “cards” portray a specific real-life reading challenge. Follow-up questions require students to refer back to the card as they read, interpret, and use the information.
Great for individual students or small groups!
Reading Level 3 - 4
Interest Level 4 - 12
Life Skills | Reading Menus | Reading Recipes | Visual Lessons | Cooking
Prepare students for the ‘real world’ with these realistic reading opportunities! Whether ordering pizza, sitting in the drive-thru, or making dinner in your kitchen, reading menus and recipes is a part of everyday life.
However, some students need specific instruction and practice before they are able to understand, interpret, and use what they have read in these unique and complex formats. These appetizing lessons are a great way to help students master these essential skills.
Contents Include:
10 Full-Color, Realistic Menus or Recipe Cards (measure 8.5"x11").
Print these or display them on your whiteboard or digital device.
10 Black/White, Realistic Menu or Recipe Cards (for easy printing)
100 Follow-Up Comprehension Questions
This visually exciting unit provides the practice students need to build confidence, while increasing reading comprehension and essential life skills. Each of the 10 highly visual “cards” portray a specific real-life reading challenge. Follow-up questions require students to refer back to the card as they read, interpret, and use the information.
Great for individual students or small groups!
Reading Level: 3 - 4
Interest Level: 4 - 12
Life Skills | Practical Application | Business Math
Students Learn the Practical Application of a Wide Range of Math Skills
Related to Running a Business
Through the use of real-life story-problem scenarios, students get plenty of practice
with analyzing the information in word problems and applying the correct math operations to solve the problems.
Business Math includes four pages of colorful, realistic images, photos, and information that focus on the income and expenses of four different businesses. The corresponding word problems were designed to develop math proficiency and to help students understand why mastery of essential math skills is so important to success in the real world.
Businesses include: Rainbow Falls Summer Camp, Sandler’s Restaurant, Golden Shores Resort, and Creative Concepts Print Shop.
Questions
Students are asked to use the four colorful pages describing each business to find the information they need in order to solve the math word problems. When solving a problem, students may need to use the answer from another problem on the same page. Problems progress in difficulty as students work through the questions for each menu.
The first activity page introduces students to the business information by asking comprehension questions. Answering these questions will familiarize students with the information they will need to solve the word problems
Skills
A wide range of math skills is covered in this program. Students will solve word problems that involve addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division as well as money, time, measurement, percents, decimals, and fractions. Some of the word problems are simple, one-step problems while others involve multiple steps that require students to really think about the problem.
Each activity page lists the math skills covered at the top of the page.
Details
Total of 90 Pages
Includes:
•16 Full-Color Business Information Pages
• Activity Pages
• Step-by-Step Learning Tools
• Bonus Pages
This is an essential addition to any reading unit! Getting the main idea is an essential comprehension skill, and mastering this skill can be difficult for some students. Each of the 15 short, high-interest stories is followed by comprehension questions that specifically lead students to find the main idea of the story.
15 Stories Features Include:
Short stories (140-160 words)
High-interest fiction & nonfiction topics
Engaging illustrations that bring stories to life
Follow-up, skill-specific comprehension questions
Contents Include:
To the Teacher
List of Reading Levels and Word Counts for each Story
Answer Key
15 Stories
15 Main Idea Activities
Reading Level 3.0-4.5 | Interest Level 4-12
Total Pages
32 pages
Answer Key
Included
This is an essential addition to any reading unit! Getting the main idea is an essential comprehension skill, and mastering this skill can be difficult for some students. Each of the 15 short, high-interest stories is followed by comprehension questions that specifically lead students to find the main idea of the story.
15 Stories Features Include:
Short stories (140-160 words)
High-interest fiction & nonfiction topics
Engaging illustrations that bring stories to life
Follow-up, skill-specific comprehension questions
Contents Include:
To the Teacher
List of Reading Levels and Word Counts for each Story
Answer Key
15 Stories
15 Main Idea Activities
Reading Level 2.0-3.5 | Interest Level 4-12
Total Pages
32 pages
Answer Key
Included
Reading Labels & Packaging | Life Skills | Comprehension Activities | Visual Lessons.
These practical activities will give your students a chance to practice real-life reading opportunities that are sure to prepare them for the real world.
Whether grocery shopping, doing laundry, or receiving a package in the mail, reading labels and packaging is a part of everyday life. However, some students need specific instruction and practice before they are able to understand, interpret, and use what they have read in these unique and complex formats.
Contents Include:
10 Full-Color, Realistic Labels & Packaging Cards (measure 8.5"x11"). Print these or display them on your whiteboard or digital device.
100 Follow-up Comprehension Questions (10 questions per card).
10 Black/White, Realistic Labels & Packaging Cards (for easy printing)
This visually exciting unit provides the practice students need to build confidence, while increasing reading comprehension and essential life skills. Each of the 10 highly visual “cards” portray a specific real-life reading challenge. Follow-up questions require students to refer back to the card as they read, interpret, and use the information.
Great for individual students or small groups!
Reading Level 3-4 | Interest Level 4-12
Life Skills | Practical Application | Family Math
Students Learn the Practical Application of a Wide Range of Math Skills
Related to Family Life
Through the use of real-life story-problem scenarios, students get plenty of practice
with analyzing the information in word problems and applying the correct math operations to solve the problems.
Family Math includes four pages of colorful, realistic images, photos, and information that describe a particular family. The corresponding word problems were designed to develop math proficiency and to help students understand why mastery of essential math skills is so important to success in the real world.
Family Descriptions include four different families: The Benson Family, Brad & Anna Miller, The Waverly Family, Max & Martha Hayes
Questions
Students are asked to use the four colorful descriptive pages for each family to find the information they need in order to solve the math word problems. When solving a problem, students may need to use the answer from another problem on the same page. Problems progress in difficulty as students work through the questions for each menu.
The first activity page introduces students to the contents of the family description pages by asking comprehension questions. Answering these questions will familiarize students with the information they will need to solve the word problems
Skills
A wide range of math skills is covered in this program. Students will solve word problems that involve addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division as well as money, time, measurement, percents, decimals, and fractions. Some of the word problems are simple, one-step problems while others involve multiple steps that require students to really think about the problem.
Each activity page lists the math skills covered at the top of the page.
Details
Total of 90 Pages
Includes:
•16 Full-Color Family Description Pages
• Activity Pages
• Step-by-Step Learning Tools
• Bonus Pages
Life Skills | Practical Application | Consumer Math
Students Learn the Practical Application of a Wide Range of Math Skills
Related to Making Purchases
Through the use of real-life story-problem scenarios, students get plenty of practice
with analyzing the information in word problems and applying the correct math operations to solve the problems.
Consumer Math includes four pages of colorful, realistic images, photos, and information that create a sale flyer for a particular store. The corresponding word problems were designed to develop math proficiency and to help students understand why mastery of essential math skills is so important to success in the real world.
Advertisements include sale flyers for four different stores: Winston Supply Depot, East Valley Drugstore, Nature’s Best Farmer’s Market, Hansen’s Sport Shop
Questions
Students are asked to use the four colorful pages for each sale flyer to find the information they need in order to solve the math word problems. When solving a problem, students may need to use the answer from another problem on the same page. Problems progress in difficulty as students work through the questions for each menu.
The first activity page introduces students to the contents of the sale flyer by asking comprehension questions. Answering these questions will familiarize students with the information they will need to solve the word problems
Skills
A wide range of math skills is covered in this program. Students will solve word problems that involve addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division as well as money, time, measurement, percents, decimals, and fractions. Some of the word problems are simple, one-step problems while others involve multiple steps that require students to really think about the problem.
Each activity page lists the math skills covered at the top of the page.
Details
Total of 90 Pages
Includes:
•16 Full-Color Sale Flyer Pages
• Activity Pages
• Step-by-Step Learning Tools
• Bonus Pages
Life Skills | Practical Application | Consumer Math
Students Learn the Practical Application of a Wide Range of Math Skills
Related to Making Purchases
Through the use of real-life story-problem scenarios, students get plenty of practice
with analyzing the information in word problems and applying the correct math operations to solve the problems.
Consumer Math includes four pages of colorful, realistic images, photos, and information that create a sale flyer for a particular store. The corresponding word problems were designed to develop math proficiency and to help students understand why mastery of essential math skills is so important to success in the real world.
Advertisements include sale flyers for four different stores: Winston Supply Depot, East Valley Drugstore, Nature’s Best Farmer’s Market, Hansen’s Sport Shop
Questions
Students are asked to use the four colorful pages for each sale flyer to find the information they need in order to solve the math word problems. When solving a problem, students may need to use the answer from another problem on the same page. Problems progress in difficulty as students work through the questions for each menu.
The first activity page introduces students to the contents of the sale flyer by asking comprehension questions. Answering these questions will familiarize students with the information they will need to solve the word problems
Skills
A wide range of math skills is covered in this program. Students will solve word problems that involve addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division as well as money, time, measurement, percents, decimals, and fractions. Some of the word problems are simple, one-step problems while others involve multiple steps that require students to really think about the problem.
Each activity page lists the math skills covered at the top of the page.
Details
Total of 90 Pages
Includes:
•16 Full-Color Sale Flyer Pages
• Activity Pages
• Step-by-Step Learning Tools
• Bonus Pages
Life Skills Activities | Consumer Skills | Reading, Writing, Math |
Improve Everyday Reading, Writing, and Math Skills While Improving Consumer Skills… at the Same Time! These easy-to-use & visually interesting activities give students lots of practice with practical application reading writing, and math as it applies to banking. Bank Account Practice: Checks focuses on everyday-life situations that involve filling out deposit slips, writing checks, and filling out a transaction register.
Students will learn the correct way to fill out a deposit slip, write a check, and keep track of withdrawals and deposits by filling out a transaction register. After reading a word problem, they will need to decide whether to add, subtract. multiply and/or or divide to arrive at a solution.
Skills Include:
• Applying information to real-life situations
• Following directions
• Reading for details
• Finding relevant facts
• Solving word problems using the appropriate operations
• Writing numbers in different forms
Questions:
Question formats vary from multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, and writing the answer in an answer box.
Life Skills Activities | Consumer Skills |Reading, Writing, Math | Google Slides
Improve Everyday Reading, Writing, and Math Skills While Improving Consumer Skills… at the Same Time! These easy-to-use & visually interesting digital Task Cards give students lots of practice with practical application reading, writing, and math as it applies to banking. Bank Account Practice: Debit Cards focuses on everyday-life situations that involve using a debit card.
Students will learn how to understand and apply the information on the front and the back of a debit card. After reading a word problem, they will need to decide whether to add, subtract, multiply and/or or divide to arrive at a solution. Some activities require students to know how to figure percentages.
Skills Include:
• Applying information to real-life situations
• Following directions
• Reading for details
• Finding relevant facts
• Solving word problems using the appropriate operations
VERSATILE & EASY-TO-USE GOOGLE SLIDES:
We’ve done the work for you! Simply download these Google Slides and assign them to your students. Assign them all, or just today’s daily lesson! For additional flexibility, these slides can also be printed for in-class use.
Question formats vary from multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank – which requires students to drag a circle or word to provide the correct answer – and typing out the answer in an answer box.
BENEFITS OF GOOGLE SLIDES:
If you’ve been looking for a way to integrate technology into your lessons, this is your answer. And the best part is you don’t have to print, cut, laminate, or replace when you lose pieces…it’s ALL DIGITAL!
HOW DO GOOGLE SLIDES WORK?
Students read each high-interest story on a computer or iPad then answer the comprehension questions right on their copy of the slides. Teachers can see students’ answers in real time, or review them later. Slides can also be printed and used as colorful classroom worksheets. You can assign a set of slides to each student, so that they have their own personal packet.
Life Skills Activities | Consumer Skills |Reading, Writing, Math | Google Slides
Improve Everyday Reading, Writing, and Math Skills While Improving Consumer Skills… at the Same Time! These easy-to-use & visually interesting digital Task Cards give students lots of practice with practical application reading, writing, and math as it applies to banking. Bank Account Practice: Checks focuses on everyday-life situations that involve filling out deposit slips, writing checks, and filling out a transaction register.
Students will learn the correct way to fill out a deposit slip, write a check, and keep track of withdrawals and deposits by filling out a transaction register. After reading a word problem, they will need to decide whether to add, subtract, multiply and/or or divide to arrive at a solution.
Skills Include:
• Applying information to real-life situations
• Following directions
• Reading for details
• Finding relevant facts
• Solving word problems using the appropriate operations
• Writing numbers in different forms
VERSATILE & EASY-TO-USE GOOGLE SLIDES:
We’ve done the work for you! Simply download these Google Slides and assign them to your students. Assign them all, or just today’s daily lesson! For additional flexibility, these slides can also be printed for in-class use.
Question formats vary from multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank – which requires students to drag a circle or word to provide the correct answer – and typing the answer into an answer box.
BENEFITS OF GOOGLE SLIDES:
If you’ve been looking for a way to integrate technology into your lessons, this is your answer. And the best part is you don’t have to print, cut, laminate, or replace when you lose pieces…it’s ALL DIGITAL!
HOW DO GOOGLE SLIDES WORK?
Students read each high-interest story on a computer or iPad then answer the comprehension questions right on their copy of the slides. Teachers can see students’ answers in real time, or review them later. Slides can also be printed and used as colorful classroom worksheets. You can assign a set of slides to each student, so that they have their own personal packet.
Life Skills | Practical Application | Menu Math
Students Learn the Practical Application of a Wide Range of Math Skills
Related to the Use of Menus
Through the use of real-life story-problem scenarios, students get plenty of practice
with analyzing the information in word problems and applying the correct math operations to solve the problems.
Menu Math includes four pages of colorful, realistic images, photos and information for each menu. The corresponding word problems were designed to develop math proficiency and to help students understand why mastery of essential math skills is so important to success in the real world.
Real-Life Menus include four different types of restaurants: Adagio, The Green Dragon, Golden Gate Grill, The Two Sombreros
Questions
Students are asked to use the four colorful menu pages for each restaurant to find the information they need in order to solve the math word problems. When solving a problem, students may need to use the answer from another problem on the same page. Problems progress in difficulty as students work through the questions for each menu.
The first activity page introduces students to the contents of the menu pages by asking comprehension questions. Answering these questions will familiarize students with the information they will need to solve the word problems
Skills
A wide range of math skills is covered in this program. Students will solve word problems that involve addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division as well as money, time, measurement, percents, decimals, and fractions. Some of the word problems are simple, one-step problems while others involve multiple steps that require students to really think about the problem. Each activity page lists the math skills covered at the top of the page.
Details
Total of 90 Pages
Includes:
• 16 full-color menu pages
• Activity Pages
• Step-by-Step Learning Tools
• Bonus Pages
Life Skills Activities | Consumer Skills |Reading, Writing, Math |
Improve Everyday Reading, Writing, and Math Skills While Improving Consumer Skills… at the Same Time! These easy-to-use & visually interesting activities give students lots of practice with practical application reading, writing, and math as it applies to banking. Bank Account Practice: Debit Cards focuses on everyday-life situations that involve using a debit card.
Students will learn how to understand and apply the information on the front and the back of a debit card. After reading a word problem, they will need to decide whether to add, subtract. multiply and/or or divide to arrive at a solution. Some activities require students to know how to figure percentages.
Skills Include:
• Applying information to real-life situations
• Following directions
• Reading for details
• Finding relevant facts
• Solving word problems using the appropriate operations
Questions:
Question formats vary from multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, and writing the answer in an answer box.
A LESSON-A-DAY FOR EVERY DAY IN FALL!
ENGAGING READING COMPREHENSION LESSONS FOR EVERY DAY OF THE MONTH!
This is the Fall bundle with September, October, and November 21st century daily comprehension months.
For years you’ve loved our Daily Comprehension Series… Now we’ve created a whole new series emphasizing captivating events that have happened in the 21st Century!
Featuring celebrities, inventors, sports, scientific discoveries, dramatic events and more… this series is sure to give you an unending supply of relevant and intriguing daily reading lessons. Each high-Interest passage is followed by a full page of skill-specific comprehension activities designed to sharpen essential reading skills. This lesson-a-day series is sure to become a classroom favorite! Ideal for bell work, enrichment, remediation and review.
All captivating events happened in the last 20 years! This is a growing series that will eventually include the entire school year.
Reading Level: Grades 3 - 4
Interest Level: Grades 5 - 12
MORE DETAILS:
This 21st Century Daily Comprehension resource is an updated version of our popular Daily Comprehension series. A high-interest, nonfiction story has been chosen for each day of the month. The stories are a combination of historical, scientific, record-breaking, sports, and pop culture events that happened on that particular day. All of the stories are about events that occurred during the 21st Century.
Care was taken to choose topics that appeal to a wide-range of interests. Students will learn some serious and some fun facts while improving their reading skills. A page of skill-based questions follows each story. Comprehension skills include: facts, locating the answer, cause and effect, fact or opinion, sequence, main idea, conclusion, inference, context, and comparison.