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.
From burgers to burritos, nearly everything you might order from a fast food restaurant can be found on the colorful menus included in this practical math unit.
Contents Include:
- 58 Activities
- 4 Full Color, Fast-Food Menus
- 4 Black-and-White Versions of the Menus for easy printing
Give students an opportunity to practice using math in real-life situations. Students learn such skills as reading a menu, figuring food costs, making change, finding how much more money is needed to purchase an item, computing how much money is left over after making a purchase, and totaling receipts. Figuring sales tax is introduced in this unit with the help of a 7% sales tax table. As students work the activities, their confidence in reading a menu and figuring the costs associated with it will increase.
Math objectives are clearly stated on each page making it easy to focus on the skills your students need most. Activities include addition and subtraction computation problems, as well as practical application word problems. For students who need a refresher on adding and subtracting money, step-by-step instruction pages are located throughout the unit.
Reading Level 3-4 | Interest Level 3-12
A delicious way to improve functional math skills! Students will travel the board visiting up to six different restaurants, placing orders, sticking to a budget, using money, making change, and much more!
Contents Include:
- Gameboard (Black & white and measures 8.5x11" for easy printing!)
- 6 Menus
- Instructions
- Spinner & Pawns
- Money (Black & white for easy printing if you don't already have play money.)
- 18-Page Extended Activities
Activities:
The included activities are great to use for review of the concepts in the game! Students answer comprehension questions and solve word problems based on the six menus used in the game. Also includes step-by-step instructions for adding and subtracting money. Plus a receipt template and answer key are included.
6 Menus:
- Italian Food
- Breakfast Diner
- Chinese Food
- Mexican Food
- Seafood
- Country Diner
How much gold is there in the world? How fast can hair grow? What tree has roots growing from its branches? Reluctant readers of all ages and those reading below grade level are sure to have fun while they improve their reading skills with Amazing Facts. Eighty-eight intriguing short stories, guaranteed to hold the reader's attention, are followed by questions designed to reinforce specific reading skills.
The basic skills focused on are: finding main ideas, detecting sequences, finding facts, locating answers, vocabulary and word analysis, making inferences, and more!
To assist a variety of students, this sequential book is arranged according to the difficulty of each story's reading level. The first group of stories have a reading level of 2.0-2.5. The next group of stories have a reading level of 2.5-3.5. The final group of stories range between 3.5-4.0. These reading levels have been carefully achieved through the use of controlled vocabulary, simple sentence structure, and appropriate illustrations.
Reading Level 2.0-4.0 | Grade Level 4+
Contents Include:
- 88 Short Stories
- Follow-Up Comprehension Questions for each Story
- Teacher's Extended Activities
- Answer Key
Who founded Mexico City? What did Sandy Koufax do? What is in Iceland? People throughout history and places around the world can be found in this attention-grabbing, 96-page book. Reluctant readers of all ages and those reading below grade level are sure to have fun while they improve their reading skills with Famous People, Places, and Events. Eighty-eight intriguing short stories, guaranteed to hold the reader's attention, are followed by questions designed to reinforce specific reading skills.
The basic skills focused on are: finding main ideas, detecting sequences, finding facts, locating answers, vocabulary and word analysis, making inferences, and more!
To assist a variety of students, this sequential book is arranged according to the difficulty of each story's reading level. The first group of stories have a reading level of 1.8-2.5. The next group of stories have a reading level of 2.5-3.0. The final group of stories range between 3.0-3.8. These reading levels have been carefully achieved through the use of controlled vocabulary, simple sentence structure, and appropriate illustrations.
Reading Level 1.8-3.8 | Grade Level 4+
Contents Include:
- 88 Short Stories
- Follow-Up Comprehension Questions for Each Story
- Teacher's Extended Activities
- Answer Key
From burgers to burritos, nearly everything you might order from a fast food restaurant can be found on the colorful menus included in this practical math unit.
Contents Include:
- 58 Activities
- 4 Full Color, Fast-Food Menus
- 4 Black-and-White Versions of the Menus for easy printing
Give students an opportunity to practice using math in real-life situations. Students learn such skills as reading a menu, figuring food costs, making change, finding how much more money is needed to purchase an item, computing how much money is left over after making a purchase, and totaling receipts. Calculating sales tax and discounts are introduced in this book with the help of step-by-step instructions. As students work the activities, their confidence in reading a menu and figuring the costs associated with it will increase.
Math objectives are clearly stated on each page making it easy to focus on the skills your students need most. Activities include computations problems and practical application word problems involving multiplication and division, as well as addition and subtraction. For students who need a refresher on multiplying or dividing money, step-by-step instruction pages are located throughout the unit.
Reading Level 3-4 | Interest Level 3-12
These 50 nonfiction stories and activities are a sure-fire way to improve fluency and comprehension skills!
Simple sentences and short, easy-to-read paragraphs are paired with compelling illustrations for a strong picture-text correspondence. Age-appropriate topics and a controlled vocabulary motivate students and help ensure success. Follow-up activities focus on specific reading skills such as finding the main idea, making inferences, reading for details, locating information, using context clues, and more.
The activities featured in this book utilize the direct-approach fluency formula: read and re-read decodable words in connected text. Research shows that repeated readings turn slow, choppy readers into faster, smoother, more fluent readers. By doing the five follow-up activities that accompany each short paragraph, students will read the same paragraph a minimum of four times:
1. Read the paragraph when first presented with it.
2. Look back at the paragraph to respond to the follow-up exercises.
3. Complete the cloze reading activity involving the paragraph.
4. Follow the direction to “Re-read your completed paragraph to make sure it makes sense.”
Reading Level 2-3
An Appetizing Approach to Learning Math Skills!
From pizza to pancakes, and bacon to banana splits, nearly everything you might order from a restaurant can be found on the colorful menus included in these hands-on, practical math lessons. This Beginning level teaches simple addition, subtraction, and multiplication of money using picture cues in both computation AND word problem formats. And best of all, since they’re Google Slides- you can give immediate feedback, review later, or use for distance learning homework. See the product preview for TONS of sample slides!
Students solve computation and real-life word problems by referring to highly visual menus. Determining prices, figuring food costs and making change are just a few of the skills covered. Math objectives are clearly stated on each page making it easy to focus on the skills your students need most.
These fun, easy-reading math lessons are terrific for students of all ages who need practice adding and subtracting money, looking up prices, understanding decimals, multiplying money and determining costs. Picture cues help students with limited reading skills solve these math word problems. These fun activities are designed to appeal to students of ALL ages who need essential skills practice or remediation.
Easy-to-Use:
Math objectives are clearly stated on each slide making it easy to focus on the skills your students need most.
Easy-to-Read: The included menu features delicious foods that kids love like pizza, tacos, hot dogs, french fries and ice cream cones. The easy-to-read menu generates hundreds of simple rebus and word problems. Students can use the included word problem activities to practice basic math skills or use the menu independently to practice ordering and figuring costs. The possibilities are endless!So help your students understand the practical reasons for learning math while they learn about consumer math with this motivating and solidly-conceived program.
Reading Level: 1-2
Interest Level: 2-12
Skills Focus:
Reading a Menu
Locating Information
Adding Money: Adding 2 items (2 - 3 digit numbers - no regrouping)
Adding Money: Adding 3 items (2 -3 digit numbers - with regrouping)
Subtracting Money: (2 - 3 digit numbers - no regrouping)
Subtracting Money: (2 - 3 digit numbers - with regrouping)
Adding & Subtracting Money: (2-step problems with regrouping)
Multiplying Money: by 2,3,4,5 with regrouping
Multiplying Money: by 6,7,8,9 with regrouping
Making Change
Consumer Math Skills
Here’s Your Ticket to Independent Living! Prepare students for the ‘real world’ with these important life-skills lessons!
Getting Around town safely, affordably, and efficiently is your ticket to freedom, but it can also be a real-life challenge… These essential lessons feature helpful tips and important information about the joys and pitfalls of commuting by bike, bus, subway, and car. Whether interpreting subway routes, bus schedules, calculating fares or buying and maintaining a car, students get tons of real-life-situation practice while also improving reading comprehension and practical application math skills.
Topics Include:
Commuting by Bike: What are the Do’s and Don’ts of commuting by bike? Are there bike-friendly cities? How much less does it cost to commute by bike versus a car? Are electric bikes a good option? What are important bike-safety issues and more…
Commuting by Bus: Practice interpreting bus schedules, routes and determining how to get to your destination on time. Are there bus-friendly cities? How much does riding a bus cost? Can a bus carry a wheelchair or a bike? Is it possible to travel long distance by bus?
Commuting by Subway & Train: Practice interpreting schedules and determining how to get to your destination on time. Calculate train fares, purchase monthly passes and more…
Commuting by Car: How do car loans work? Buying vs leasing? Used cars vs new cars? Is car insurance really necessary? Car maintenance… is it that important? What are The Top 7 reasons for getting a traffic ticket? Tips for being a good and safe driver… even in bad weather!
Reading Level: Grades 3-4
Interest Level: Grades 8-12
You Just Got Your First Job… Now What?Prepare students for the ‘real world’ with these essential life-skills lessons!
Featuring easy-to-use tips, techniques, and strategies students learn what it takes to make a good impression, get along with co-workers, understand the difference between gross pay and net pay, and become a valuable employee. Students get tons of ‘real-life’ practice while also improving reading comprehension and practical application math skills.
Topics Include:
Meeting Co-Workers:
How do I make a good impression? Is there a ‘right’ way to shake hands? Is eye contact important? What should I wear? How do I remember my co-workers’ names? Should I wear deodorant or cologne?
‘Real-life’ Jobs: From working in a restaurant, to becoming a receptionist, carpenter, graphic designer, 911 dispatcher, or nursing assistant, students get a sneak-peek of job requirements, on-the-job training, pay scales, and a typical workday.
‘Real-life’ Paychecks: Scenarios include everything from federal & state income tax deductions, to FICA, insurance and vacation pay. Students practice computing gross pay, net pay and more.
Top 10 Qualities of a Good Employee: Follow these helpful tips and advice to KEEP your job!
Common Qualities of a Bad Employee: Break those bad habits! Being late, wasting time, and using your phone are just a few of the ways to put your job at risk…. From improving your attitude to accepting criticism, these lessons are sure to help you to become a better employee.
Reading Level: Grades 3-4
Interest Level: Grades 8-12
Learn about today’s hottest jobs! These easy-to-use lessons feature the 20 fastest growing jobs in 2021 that do not need a high school diploma. These are jobs where training is primarily done on-the-job, at a trade school, or technical school. And best of all… these are relevant careers… RIGHT NOW!
LIFE SKILLS LESSONS:
Give students the information they need to make quality decisions about which job to choose! Students will even be exposed to jobs they might never have heard of or realized they might be good at! Comprehension questions follow each reading passage and challenge students to stay focused, improve their reading skills and learn more…
TOPICS INCLUDE:
What is the expected job growth in the next 10 years?
What is the average salary?
What kinds of skills are needed?
What kind of training is required?
What will I be expected to do?
and more...
TOP 20 JOBS INCLUDE:
JOB 1 Wind Turbine Technician
JOB 2 Solar Panel Installer
JOB 3 Fitness Trainer
JOB 4 Home Health Care Aide
JOB 5 Animal Caretaker
JOB 6 Massage Therapist
JOB 7 Oil Derrick Operator
JOB 8 Flight Attendant
JOB 9 Cook
JOB10 Phlebotomist
JOB 11 Industrial Machinery Mechanic
JOB 12 Medical Assistant
JOB 13 Food Worker
JOB 14 Delivery Truck Driver
JOB 15 Aircraft Equipment Mechanic
JOB 16 Medical Records Specialist
JOB 17 Electrician
JOB 18 Landscape Worker
JOB 19 Firefighter
JOB 20 Police Officer
THE TOP 20 JOBS SERIES:
In the 21st century, technological innovations have produced many significant changes. The jobs we have, the kind of work we do and how we do it, has been considerably impacted. Some 20th century jobs are obsolete. Some 21st century jobs are completely new.
This series was developed to give students relevant information they need to make decisions about which career to choose. Students will be exposed to cutting-edge jobs they might never have heard of or realized they might be good at.
TOP 20 JOBS SERIES INCLUDES:
Top 20 Skilled-Labor Jobs
Top 20 Associate's Degree Jobs
Top 20 Bachelor's Degree Jobs
Top 20 Advanced Degree Jobs
BASED ON 2021 DATA & CURRENT INFORMATION:
The statistical information provided in this series such as average salary and job growth, is based on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data as of September 2021. These statistics are constantly changing. Job 1 in this book might be Job 4 in 2022. But we feel confident that all the jobs will stay relevant and be worth pursuing.
Answer Key: Yes
Page Count: 65
Interest Level: Gr. 8 - 12
Reading Level: Gr. 4 - 5
Life Skills Activities | Consumer Skills | Reading | Math | Discounts | Coupons. Shopping Online has become an essential life skill. From Amazon to Walmart online shopping is everywhere… But there’s a lot to know about shopping wisely and effectively. These highly-visual and realistic lessons take students through the entire purchase process, from reading product descriptions and determining sizes, to completing purchases in the shopping cart. Follow-up comprehension and math questions guide students to the relevant information on each page and reinforce essential skills.
These consumer life skills lessons are sure to help students become more confident and independent in their daily lives. (see product preview for tons of sample pages).
Functional Life Skills Activities!
These easy-to-use lessons guide students as they fill out many different kinds of forms and applications, read labels and product packaging, use ads & coupons, shop online, read the news & much more.
TITLES IN THIS BUNDLE:
Ads & Coupons
Filling Out Forms
Online Shopping
Labels & Packaging
Directories & Guides
The Newspaper
Easy-to-Use Google Classroom Lessons:
Simply download these Google Slides and assign them to your students. Assign them all, or just a few for today’s lesson! Watch student progress in real time or review later. For additional flexibility, these slides can also be printed for in-class use or downloaded as a PowerPoint presentation!
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.
ONLINE SHOPPING INCLUDES:
68 Pages
Answer Key
Reading Level 3 - 4
Interest Level: 4 - 12
SOCIAL SKILLS LESSONS TO IMPROVE EVERYDAY BEHAVIOR. Are you always late? When is it okay to lie? Help students learn about themselves and challenge them to become the best they can be, with these light-hearted and relevant social skills lessons! Each high-interest reading passage is followed by standards-based reading comprehension and sentence writing activities!
Real-life scenarios and sticky social situations challenge students to learn about themselves and the consequences of various behaviors such as: always being late, being unable to forgive, being too nice, and more. They also learn the value of being honest, courageous, easy-going, generous, and optimistic.
Teens and ‘Experts’ offer helpful advice through text messages and keep things light-hearted and non-threatening. A great way to improve students’ everyday social skills!
STANDARDS-BASED READING & WRITING ACTIVITIES:
Each social-skills lesson is followed by specific reading comprehension and writing activities that require complete-sentence answers. Additional activities encourage students to ‘look within’ and relate each scenario to themselves and their own daily actions. Finally, students decide how they might better handle each daily scenario in the future. Questions are clearly labeled with the standard/skill that it meets.
STANDARDS:
• Locate Information
• Summarize
• Generalize
• Compare & Contrast
• Cause & Effect
• Form Opinions
• Draw Conclusions
• Main Idea
• Make Inferences
• Use Context Clues
• Sequence
• Determine Author’s Viewpoint
• Analyze, Evaluate & Apply
TOPICS INCLUDE:
• How do I know if I’m being a good person?
• How can I be honest with my friends without hurting their feelings?
• I never have a good day at school! How can I do better?
• How can I stop being jealous?
• How can I NOT be late all the time?
• I want people to trust me. What can I do?
• How can I be kind without being a doormat?
• Forgiveness is hard. Should I always forgive people?
• Why should I be patient? I hate to wait around!
• Can being optimistic make me happy?
Reading Level: Gr 3 - 4
Interest Level: Gr 6 - 12
Spice up your basic math program at The Hamburger Hut!
This fun and effective book teaches the basics of multiplication and division through the use of real-life restaurant situations. Students will have a great time as they use the colorful fold-out menu (included) to figure costs when spending money on everything from hamburgers to onion rings! Skill pages offer plenty of practice with computation and word problems. Also included are restaurant checks, tax tables, role-playing suggestions, objectives, post tests, and more! So help your students understand the practical reasons for learning math while they learn to add and subtract with this motivating and solidly-conceived book. Enjoy!
Spice up your basic math program at The Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Parlor!
This fun and effective book teaches the basics of addition and subtraction through the use of real-life restaurant situations. Students will have a great time as they use the colorful menu (included) to figure costs when spending money on everything from banana splits to milk shakes! Skill pages offer plenty of practice with computation and word problems. Also included are restaurant checks, tax tables, role-playing suggestions, objectives, post tests, and more! So help your students understand the practical reasons for learning math while they learn to add and subtract with this motivating and solidly-conceived book. Enjoy!
Spice up your basic math program at The Hamburger Hut!
This fun and effective book teaches the basics of addition and subtraction through the use of real-life restaurant situations. Students will have a great time as they use the colorful fold-out menu (included) to figure costs when spending money on everything from hamburgers to onion rings! Skill pages offer plenty of practice with computation and word problems. Also included are restaurant checks, tax tables, role-playing suggestions, objectives, post tests, and more! So help your students understand the practical reasons for learning math while they learn to add and subtract with this motivating and solidly-conceived book. Enjoy!
Grade Level: 5-8
Interest Level: 4-12
This is a teaching guide, not a full version of the book.
The Discovering Literature Series is designed to develop a student’s appreciation for good literature and to improve reading comprehension. While many skills reinforce a student’s ability to comprehend what he or she reads (sequencing, cause and effect, finding details, using context clues), two skills are vital. They are: discerning main ideas and summarizing the text. Students who can master these two essential skills develop into sophisticated readers. 69 pages.
Each chapter analysis is organized into three basic elements: Student Directives, Chapter Vocabulary, and Chapter Summary.
The Student Directives contain the main ideas in each chapter. They provide the students, working individually or in groups, with a framework for developing their summaries. Student Directives can also be used as group discussions.
The Chapter Vocabulary includes definitions of keywords from each chapter. To save time, students need only to copy, not look up, definitions.
A Chapter Summary for each chapter is included for teacher use and knowledge.
Throughout the guide Skill Pages and Tests are provided for to build an increased understanding of the book and to review student’s knowledge.
Grade Level: 5-8
Interest Level: 4-12
This is a teaching guide, not a full version of the book.
The Discovering Literature Series is designed to develop a student’s appreciation for good literature and to improve reading comprehension. While many skills reinforce a student’s ability to comprehend what he or she reads (sequencing, cause and effect, finding details, using context clues), two skills are vital. They are: discerning main ideas and summarizing the text. Students who can master these two essential skills develop into sophisticated readers. 80 pages.
Each chapter analysis is organized into three basic elements: Student Directives, Chapter Vocabulary, and Chapter Summary.
The Student Directives contain the main ideas in each chapter. They provide the students, working individually or in groups, with a framework for developing their summaries. Student Directives can also be used as group discussions.
The Chapter Vocabulary includes definitions of keywords from each chapter. To save time, students need only to copy, not look up, definitions.
A Chapter Summary for each chapter is included for teacher use and knowledge.
Throughout the guide Skill Pages and Tests are provided for to build an increased understanding of the book and to review student’s knowledge.
Grade Level: 6-12
This is a teaching guide, not a full version of the book.
The Discovering Literature Series is designed to develop a student’s appreciation for good literature and to improve reading comprehension. At the Challenging Level, we focus on a variety of reading strategies that help students construct meaning from their experience with literature as well as make connections between their reading and the rest of their lives. The strategies reflect the demands of each literature selection.
In these study guides, we will focus on beginning a book, setting and mood, irony, plot structure, foreshadowing and flashback, characterization, forming hypotheses, evaluating a book, plot conflict, point of view, inferencing, rereading, theme, narration, and the genre of dystopias.
Each chapter analysis is organized into three basic elements: Journal and Discussion Topics, Chapter Vocabulary, and Chapter Summary.
Other features include Strategy Pages to increase students’ understanding of strategies to enhance their comprehension of literature; Testing at the end of each chapter grouping, and Writer’s Forum for students’ to write in a variety of genres relating to the text.
This 201-page teaching guide includes an answer key.
Grade Level: 5-8
Interest Level: 4-12
This is a teaching guide, not a full version of the book.
The Discovering Literature Series is designed to develop a student’s appreciation for good literature and to improve reading comprehension. While many skills reinforce a student’s ability to comprehend what he or she reads (sequencing, cause and effect, finding details, using context clues), two skills are vital. They are: discerning main ideas and summarizing the text. Students who can master these two essential skills develop into sophisticated readers. 64 pages.
Each chapter analysis is organized into three basic elements: Student Directives, Chapter Vocabulary, and Chapter Summary.
The Student Directives contain the main ideas in each chapter. They provide the students, working individually or in groups, with a framework for developing their summaries. Student Directives can also be used as group discussions.
The Chapter Vocabulary includes definitions of keywords from each chapter. To save time, students need only to copy, not look up, definitions.
A Chapter Summary for each chapter is included for teacher use and knowledge.
Throughout the guide Skill Pages and Tests are provided for to build an increased understanding of the book and to review student’s knowledge.
Grade Level: 6-12
This is a teaching guide, not a full version of the book.
The Discovering Literature Series is designed to develop a student’s appreciation for good literature and to improve reading comprehension. At the Challenging Level, we focus on a variety of reading strategies that help students construct meaning from their experience with literature as well as make connections between their reading and the rest of their lives. The strategies reflect the demands of each literature selection.
In these study guides, we will focus on beginning a book, setting and mood, irony, plot structure, foreshadowing and flashback, characterization, forming hypotheses, evaluating a book, plot conflict, point of view, inferencing, rereading, theme, narration, and the genre of dystopias.
Each chapter analysis is organized into three basic elements: Journal and Discussion Topics, Chapter Vocabulary, and Chapter Summary.
Other features include Strategy Pages to increase students’ understanding of strategies to enhance their comprehension of literature; Testing at the end of each chapter grouping, and Writer’s Forum for students’ to write in a variety of genres relating to the text.
This 75-page teaching guide includes an answer key.