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.
A LESSON-A-DAY FOR EVERY DAY IN DECEMBER!
ENGAGING READING COMPREHENSION LESSONS FOR EVERY DAY OF THE MONTH!
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.
INCLUDES STANDARDS-BASED READING & WRITING ACTIVITIES:
Stories are followed by skill-specific comprehension activities. Questions are clearly labeled with the standard/skill that it meets.
LOCATE AN ANSWER
DRAW CONCLUSIONS
CAUSE & EFFECT
FACT OR OPINION
FIND FACTS
MAKE INFERENCES
SEQUENCE EVENTS
FIND THE MAIN IDEA
COMPARE & CONTRAST
USE CONTEXT CLUES TO FIND MEANING
All captivating events happened in the last 20 years!
This is a growing series that will eventually include the entire school year.
Reading Level: Gr 3 - 4
Interest Level: Gr 5 - 12
MORE DETAILS:
This 21st Century Daily Comprehension resource is an all-new 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.
Total Pages
68 Pages
Answer Key
Included
These fun, comprehensive, and easy-to-use activities focus entirely on building basic skills and cover the following subject areas: reading, writing, language, creative and critical thinking, science, social studies, and more!
12 Stories for Each Season:
- Fall
- Winter
- Spring
- Summer
Students will read short stories all about each season. Each story introduces vocabulary words to know and is followed by comprehension questions.
Additional Activities Cover:
- counting
- following directions
- critical thinking skills
- alphabetizing
- finding details
- vocabulary
- math word problems
- grammar
- comprehension
- map reading
- bar graph
- addition and subtraction
- drawing solutions
- thinking skills
Building mathematical competency takes a lot of skill-specific practice!
A variety of activities including puzzles, games, step-by-step activities, and more keep students’ interest high as they develop problem-solving, reasoning, and critical thinking skills as well as proficiency in computation skills.
The practice pages are presented in contexts that develop and reinforce skills in problem solving, reasoning, communication, making connections, analyzing representations, and basic computation. The book is organized by skill, with each math objective clearly stated on the top of each page making it easy to focus on the skills your students need most.
At the end of each section is a Skill Challenge presented in standardized test format to help assess students' understanding of that specific skill.
Skills Covered Include:
- Counting
- Ordering
- Comparing
- Place Value
- Rounding
- Writing Numbers
- Computation
- Problem Solving
- Fractions
- Money
- Multiplication
Visual Activities Teaching 144 Sight Words
This fun, hands-on unit was created to help early readers identify sight words and build reading fluency. Children need to develop a growing core of sight words, which will help them become more fluent readers.
Since sight words are meant to be identified instantly – pictures are a great way to aid the student in immediate recognition of several high-frequency words. A great stepping stone for writing sentences and categorizing!
Activities Include:
- crossword puzzles
- word searches
- configuration fill-ins
- riddles
Word Categories Include:
- Animals
- Restaurant
- Beach
- Nature
- People
- Sports
- Tools
- Transportation
- Countryside
- Shapes
- Clothes
- Food
- Outside/Inside
Life Skills | Food Prep Directions | Simple Cooking | Measurement | Reading Comprehension | Special Education | Ready-to-Use | Learning how to carefully read food packaging & cooking directions, then prepare a meal is truly an essential life skill. These ready-to-use lessons are sure to help students master this life skill and become more confident and independent when making simple meals.
INCLUDES BOTH PACKAGED FOOD DIRECTIONS BOOKS.
SKILL-BASED VISUAL LESSONS:
Students carefully read popular, pre-packaged food boxes, then answer relevant food prep and cooking questions. These realistic and highly-visual activities get students using environmental print as they read for details, locate information, use context clues, sequence events, use measurements, determine cooking times and more.
FOOD FAVORITES:
Students are sure to LOVE learning how to cook their favorite snacks and meals. From Frozen Chicken Nuggets to Blueberry Muffins , your students will get their fill with these popular and solidly-conceived life-skills lessons.
REAL FOOD PACKAGING! Each lesson features a popular and easy-to-prepare, REAL food item that can be easily purchased and prepared at home after learning. Cooking methods involve using the microwave, stove top, oven and refrigerator.
COMPREHENSION ACTIVITIES: Multiple-choice comprehension questions challenge students to read each food box carefully. Questions require students to read for details, locate information, use context clues, sequence recipe steps, determine cooking times, understand measurements and more… Basic kitchen and measuring terms are used throughout, giving students opportunities to expand their vocabulary along the way. There are nine questions per food package.
VERSATILE LESSONS:
These multiple-choice activities require very limited writing, making them ideal for daily lessons, review, progress monitoring, enrichment, quiz games, and task cards.
EASY TO USE! You’re going to love these ready-to-use printable lessons. Just print and go!
Includes:
60+ pages
answer key
Improve the speed and accuracy of beginning learners with these multiplication drills!
Easy-to-read practice drills with fewer equations per page cover facts 0-9 and feature 36 single-digit equations per drill. Each page features horizontal and vertical versions of the equations.
Google Slides:
Fun, Self-Checking Multiplication Math Drills Sure to Improve Speed and Accuracy!
These fun Google Slides feature easy-to-read practice drills covering facts 0-9 and include 36 single-digit equations per fact. Both horizontal and vertical versions of the equations are included. Slides feature a fun self-checking format where students “pitch” a baseball into the glove for each correct answer. This unique self-checking format offers immediate positive reinforcement for a job well done! Students AND teachers can easily see results… Whether it’s a “perfect strike!!!” or an “OOOPS! Wild pitch,” these fun lessons are sure to make learning math facts a Win-Win!
EASY-TO-USE GOOGLE SLIDES!
These Google Slides are ready to use! Simply download and assign the slides to your students. Assign the entire set or just a few for today’s lesson.
THE SPECIFIC DETAILS:
These step-by-step lessons were developed to help students of all ages, who need additional practice with basic math concepts. Students will gain confidence, speed, and accuracy as they progress through these sequential exercises. The drills start with single factor calculations and progress to calculations with two different factors, then 3 different factors, and finally to all-inclusive mixed factor drills. Pages with turnaround calculations and skip counting worksheets offer extra help and practice.
TIMED DRILLS:
Set an appropriate time limit for each drill based on your students’ ability levels. These timed activities can be recorded on each slide or on the included progress chart. The amount of time allocated can be adjusted as skill levels develop. To validate a student’s achievement, we have also included an award certificate.
COLORFUL & INTERACTIVE LESSONS: These Colorful Google Slides turn up the fun and make learning math facts a much more enjoyable experience. To improve speed and accuracy, students can time themselves and try to beat their best score.
Table of Contents:
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Multiplication: ×1, ×2
Multiplication: ×2, ×3
Multiplication: ×3, ×4
Multiplication: ×4, ×5
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Multiplication: ×8, ×9
Multiplication: ×1, ×2, ×3
Multiplication: ×4, ×5, ×6
Multiplication: ×4, ×6, ×8
Multiplication: ×5, ×7, ×9
Multiplication: ×7, ×8, ×9
Multiplication: ×0 through ×9
Multiplication: Turnarounds
Skip-Counting Worksheets
Progress Chart
Certificate
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, or shown on a whiteboard.
Your students will love these engaging DIGITAL Google Slides math lessons!
They’re perfect for students of all ages.
153 Ready-to-use Google Slides Lessons & Activities sure to give students a practical understanding of credit cards- what they are, how to get one, and most importantly… how to use them responsibly! Students get hands-on experience filling out credit card application forms then get tons of practice “shopping” online and in stores. Math skills get a workout as students solve everyday math word problems, add, subtract, multiply and divide money, figure percentages, fill in charts & graphs, work with decimals and more! See the product preview to see tons of sample slides!
COLORFUL SEQUENTIAL LESSONS
Everything you ever needed to know about credit cards - all in one step-by-step program! How do I get a credit card? What is a credit score? How do I use a credit card? What is an account statement? Should I pay off my card each month? Answers to these questions and much more are featured in these high-quality, colorful Google Slides. Detailed, colorful illustrations and high-interest comprehension activities keep students motivated and ensure an in-depth understanding of what it means to responsibly use a credit card.
READY TO USE:
These interactive, no-prep Google Slides are ready to use! Simply download the Google Slides to your Google Classroom/Drive and assign them to your students! Assign the whole set or just a few slides for today’s lesson.
How do Google Slides Work?
Students read each lesson/activities on a computer or iPad then answer the skill 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.
Reading Level: 3 - 4
Interest Level: 6 - 12
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!
Your students will love these engaging DIGITAL Google Slides math lessons! They’re perfect for students of all ages as daily homework, skill practice, remediation, review, and distance learning.
AT LAST… A PHONICS PROGRAM FOR OLDER STUDENTS…AND TEACHERS TOO! 167 ready-to-use Google Classroom Lessons & Activities designed to help students of all ages conquer reading! Now you can Divide and Conquer with Phonics Rules! This unique and interactive Google Slides program sets you and your students up for success! It includes a complete ‘phonics refresher’ teacher manual followed by the corresponding student version of the phonics activities & lessons. These colorful lessons are straightforward, and suitable for students of ALL AGES who need additional phonics and decoding practice to reach mastery level.
This unique resource helps students divide words into small parts to conquer their reading problems. By using this powerful tool, your students can achieve improved reading performance.
Part I is a teacher reference guide that provides you with a thorough knowledge of phonics. You’ll see all the most important phonics rules and the most important exceptions, along with patterns, examples, and explanations. These are presented to you in a logical progression of concepts, each building on the last.
Part II offers student lessons and activities to help learners reinforce basic phonics rules. These include interesting and short exercises working with vowels, consonants, syllables and more. Patterns and examples are also featured to make it easier for students to improve their pronunciation and word recognition.
Fun-to-Read & Complete!
Slides feature short, colorful lessons that students will WANT to complete! Every short lesson is followed by specific activities targeting that specific phonics skill. A variety of fun formats keep things interesting as students drag and drop, cross out, circle, write words and more. These lessons are ideal for distance learning, remediation, daily enrichment, homework, and review!
Easy-to-Use! We’ve done the work for you! With this easy-to-use set you won’t have to waste time searching through books and activities to create a program to help your students succeed. Simply add these Interactive Google Slides to your Google Drive Classroom. You can assign specific slides to specific students, or assign to the whole class! Watch students work in real-time, or check their progress later.
The Independent Living Series was developed to help students prepare for the real-life challenges of getting a job and living on their own. Preparing for a Job provides detailed information about different kinds of jobs, educational requirements, and how students can find their perfect job.
The first section, Job Descriptions, features 28 jobs in 9 different job categories. The practical information tells what each job is like, what kind of education and training are needed, what the average salary is and, to help with planning, the expected growth rate for each job.
The next section, Skills and Interests, gives examples of tests that help students understand what they’re good at and what kind of job is right for them. The Education and Training section explains college degrees and trade schools. It also tells how on the job training, internships, and volunteering can help prepare students for specific jobs.
Follow-up activities include practical application math, basic comprehension questions to reinforce understanding, and practical writing exercises. Some questions ask students to think about the information given and express their opinions and ideas.
The vocabulary section includes a glossary of words and phrases students may not be familiar with plus activities to test understanding of the new words and phrases. These words and phrases are highlighted in bold throughout the text.
Full color interiors and are editable.
The Independent Living Series was developed to help students prepare for the real-life challenges of getting a job and making their way in the world. Living On Your Own provides practical advice and information to help students make the transition from living at home to being responsible for themselves.
The first section, Moving In, gives students the experience of setting up a household and discovering their own sense of design style. The second section, Food, covers everything from grocery shopping, meal planning, understanding and using a cookbook, to following a recipe. The Cleaning and Laundry sections prepare students for the less glamorous side of independent living with helpful tips to deal with basic chores. The Health and Safety sections are a reminder that living on your own means being responsible for you own health and well-being.
Follow-up activities include practical application math, basic comprehension questions to reinforce understanding, and practical writing exercises. Some questions ask students to think about the information given and express their opinions and ideas.
The vocabulary section includes a glossary of words students may not be familiar with. The glossary is divided up by sections allowing these unfamiliar words to be introduced before reading each section. To reinforce understanding, there are activity pages using the glossary words.
Full color interiors and are editable.
Careers | 2-year Degree Jobs | Associate Degree Jobs | Life Skills | Vocational Education | Training | Salary | Job Descriptions | Future Outlook | Print & Go Activities | Learn about today’s hottest jobs! Featuring the 20 fastest growing jobs that require only a 2-year degree. These careers are great options for students who do not wish to pursue a traditional 4-year college degree. And best of all… these are high-paying and rewarding careers… RIGHT NOW!
LIFE SKILLS & COMPREHENSION 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 Occupational Therapy Assistant
JOB 2 Physical Therapy Assistant
JOB 3 Respiratory Therapist
JOB 4 Video Technician
JOB 5 Preschool Teacher
JOB 6 Veterinarian Technician
JOB 7 Medical Sonographer
JOB 8 Web Developer
JOB 9 Paralegal
JOB10 Fire Inspector
JOB 11 Dental Hygienist
JOB 12 Computer Support Specialist
JOB 13 Radiation Therapist
JOB 14 Geological Technician
JOB 15 MRI and X-Ray Technologist
JOB 16 Environmental Science Technician
JOB 17 Food Science Technician
JOB 18 Mechanical Engineering Technician
JOB 19 Pharmacy Technician
JOB 20 Air Traffic Controller
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 No-College Jobs
Top 20 Skilled-Labor Jobs
Top 20 Associate’s Degree Jobs
Top 20 Bachelor’s 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
65 Pages
Interest Level: Gr. 8 - 12
Reading Level: Gr. 4 - 5
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 | 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 | Travel Math
Students Learn the Practical Application of a Wide Range of Math Skills
Related to Traveling
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.
Travel Math includes four pages of colorful, realistic images, photos and information for each “travel scenario.” 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 Travel Scenarios include: A Family Road Trip, A Train Trip, A Caribbean Cruise, and a Honeymoon to Europe.
Questions
Students are asked to use the four colorful “travel scenario” pages 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 scenario.
The first activity page introduces students to the contents of the scenario 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 “travel scenario” pages
• Activity Pages
• Step-by-Step Learning Tools
• Bonus Pages
A really practical application of math. Each book includes activities such as reading comprehension, filling out forms, using a glossary, and answering math word problems. The multi-step word problems cover adding and subtracting money, multiplying and dividing money, figuring percentages, working with large numbers, and more. This life skills program will help students master math skills that are essential to everyday life!
Introduce students to the vital role that money handling plays in all areas of a person’s life, while reinforcing basic math skills through a variety of problem-solving exercises. Comprehension, logical thinking, and sequential decisions are required to find answers to word problems relating to situations regarding making and using a budget. 64 pages.
AT LAST… A PHONICS PROGRAM FOR OLDER STUDENTS…AND TEACHERS TOO! * 167 ready-to-use Google Classroom Lessons & Activities designed to help students of all ages conquer reading! Now you can Divide and Conquer with Phonics Rules! This unique and interactive Google Slides program sets you and your students up for success! It includes a complete ‘phonics refresher’ teacher manual followed by the corresponding student version of the phonics activities & lessons. These colorful lessons are straightforward, and suitable for students of ALL AGES who need additional phonics and decoding practice to reach mastery level. The art is NOT “BABYISH.” Check out the product preview to see tons of sample pages. :)
This unique resource helps students divide words into small parts to conquer their reading problems. By using this powerful tool, your students can achieve improved reading performance.
Part I is a teacher reference guide that provides you with a thorough knowledge of phonics. You’ll see all the most important phonics rules and the most important exceptions, along with patterns, examples, and explanations. These are presented to you in a logical progression of concepts, each building on the last.
Part II offers student lessons and activities to help learners reinforce basic phonics rules. These include interesting and short exercises working with vowels, consonants, syllables and more. Patterns and examples are also featured to make it easier for students to improve their pronunciation and word recognition.
Fun-to-Read & Complete!
Slides feature short, colorful lessons that students will WANT to complete! Every short lesson is followed by specific activities targeting that specific phonics skill. A variety of fun formats keep things interesting as students drag and drop, cross out, circle, write words and more. These lessons are ideal for distance learning, remediation, daily enrichment, homework, and review!
These skill-building activities are helpful for:
Older students who have not yet reached mastery levels
Middle school through adult students who have a reading or learning disability
Good students who are laborious readers
Anyone interested in enhancing their pronunciation, spelling, and reading skills
English as a second language students (ESL)
Grade Level of skills covered: K - 5
Interest Level: 3 - 12
Altogether, this information-packed unit will help:
you teach reading more effectively!
raise your students reading levels!
Includes:
162 Interactive Google Slides
Teacher’s Manual: Phonics Refresher’ Slides
Student Phonics Activities Slides
pdf answer key
Grade Level of skills: K - 5
Interest Level: 3 - 12
The Independent Living Series was developed to help students prepare for the real-life challenges of working and living on their own. The first step towards real independence is having a job and making your own money. Getting a Job provides detailed information about what it takes to apply for and get a job.
Students will learn how to conduct a job search using websites, employment agencies, newspaper ads, and networking. There are step-by-step instructions about how to apply for a job. Including how to write a cover letter and resume, how to fill out a job application, and prepare for a job interview.
The second part of this book follows five young adults on their journey to get a job. Students will get familiar with how to read and understand job postings. They will learn about writing different kinds of cover letters and resumes and how to prepare for a job interview. And then how to evaluate a job offer. The five jobs featured are fast growing jobs that are accessible to most students.
Follow-up activities include practical application math, basic comprehension questions to reinforce understanding, and practical writing exercises. Some questions ask students to think about the information given and express their opinions and ideas.
The vocabulary section includes a glossary of words and phrases students may not be familiar with plus activities to test understanding of the new words and phrases.
Full color interiors and are editable.
Personal Health is part of the Real-World Skills series. This series is meant to encourage students to think about what they can do to live a healthier, happier, more balanced life. This series was created to appeal especially to teens with playful cartoon characters that students can relate to. Students are provided practical tools – in the form of advice and suggestions – to successfully deal with everyday physical, emotional, and safety issues and situations. Each book has an “expert” character that shares their wisdom throughout each story as well as several teen characters that receive special “Teen Tips,” via text, at the end of each story.
The purpose of this book is to let students know that they can take control of at least certain aspects of their physical health and well-being. Each story focuses on something that directly impacts how well our body functions. Through a series of real-life scenarios, students learn about the consequences of eating food with no nutritional value, not getting enough sleep, doing too much or not enough exercise, smoking, drinking, and doing drugs. They also learn about moderation and the benefits of eating a well-balanced diet and finding exercise that they enjoy. Each story has between 388 and 488 words. The reading level is between 2.6 and 4.1 according to the Flesch-Kincaid readability score.
Two pages of follow-up comprehension questions help to reinforce learning. The first page of questions asks students to go back into the text to locate information. This is good preparation for the more difficult skill-specific comprehension questions asked on the second question page. The second activity asks questions that align with the Common Core Standards. Each question is labeled to show which standard is being met. Students are asked to answer the questions in complete sentences. The Skills Chart will show which stories meet which Common Core Standards.
129 Practical Google Slides Activities & Lessons to Teach How to Use a Bank Account… * Students practice applying their math skills in addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, and decimals. They also gain valuable, practical knowledge about the important survival skill of handling money and using a bank account, debit card, withdrawing and depositing money, and more.
These 129 interactive Google Slides give students plenty of practice with real-world scenario math word problems, and essential life skills practice. Real-life scenarios are also included where students follow a specific person throughout their banking processes- from opening a bank account to writing checks, from online shopping to paying bills and more. Handy glossary and key vocabulary activities are also included.
Realistic Math Practice Includes:
Practical Math Activities
Realistic Word Problems
High-Interest Lessons
Making Purchases
Writing Checks
Recording Transactions
Making Deposits
Shopping Online
Using a Debit Card
Understanding Account Statements
Online Banking
Paypal Accounts
eChecks
Real-life Situations
and more!
Reading Level: 6-8
Interest Level: 6-12 and adult
More About These lessons:
Prepare students to manage their money successfully!
Understanding how to responsibly use a bank account is a crucial life skill for independent living. Students will find out what’s needed to apply for a bank account. Detailed illustrations and step-by-step instructions show students how to fill out a check and deposit slip, use a debit card, fill out a transaction register, shop online, and much more!
High-interest activities include comparing a transaction register with an account statement, registering for online banking, setting up a PayPal account, and creating an automatic payment using an eCheck.
Consumer math skills are highlighted through lots of practice with real-life word problems. Students are asked to add, subtract, multiply, and/or divide money to find a solution. Some activities require students to use fractions and figure percentages.
These essential life skills lessons are sure to improve students’ real-life money skills!
Includes
129 Interactive Google Slides Lessons & Activities
Math Word Problems
Answer Key