What YOU Need to Know about Living on Your Own! Help students prepare for the real-life challenges of living on their own with these essential new life skills lessons! Part of the new Independent Living Series, Getting a Place to Live provides practical advice and helpful information to teach students how to successfully prepare for, locate, and even rent an apartment. This essential program offers a large, easy-to-read font, colorful photos, and a low reading level to ensure these lessons are accessible and usable for all students. (See the product preview for more sample pages). ENGAGING LESSONS: These sequential lessons walk students through key topics and guides them along the path to Independent Living. The first section, Preparation, begins with creating a housing budget and progresses to helpful tips on finding a good roommate. The second section, Renting, gives students valuable information about finding the right place to live. They learn how to interpret rental terminology and abbreviations and how to read rental ads. They learn what to expect when meeting a landlord, filling out a rental application, and signing a rental agreement. The last section, Moving, guides students through the process of transferring utility service, packing, and then renting and loading a moving truck. FOLLOW UP ACTIVITIES: READING, WRITING & MATH! 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. VOCABULARY: These essential lessons include a glossary of key 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. Google Slides: 120 Interactive Google Slides! What YOU Need to Know about Living on Your Own! Help students prepare for the real-life challenges of living on their own with these essential new life skills Google Slides lessons! Part of the new Independent Living Series, Getting a Place to Live provides practical advice and helpful information to teach students how to successfully prepare for, locate, and even rent an apartment. This essential program offers a large, easy-to-read font, colorful photos and illustrations, and a low reading level to ensure these lessons are accessible and usable for all students. (See the product preview for TONS of sample pages).READY-TO-USE: These ready-to-use lessons are sure to save you time! Simply download and start assigning them to your students. Assign the entire set or just a few for today’s lesson. TABLE OF CONTENTS: SECTION ONE: Preparation…1-22 Housing Budget Location Search Types of Housing Choosing a Roommate Creating an Ad & Interviewing Qualities of a Good Roommate Andrew’s Housing Budget Online advertising Brittney and Amy Roommate Rules Review SECTION TWO: Renting … 23-45 Rental Words to Know Sample Rental Ads Finding the Right Place Meeting the Landlord Sample Rental Application Rental Agreement Rental Advice SECTION THREE: Moving … 46-53 Planning Your Move Packing Renting a Moving Vehicle Loading and Unloading the Truck SECTION FOUR: Glossary & VOCABULARY…54-59 Glossary Match-Up Glossary Fill-in-the-Blank

Develop important survival skills with these easy-to-use activities sure to improve vocabulary, spelling, and writing ability. Key words are introduced in context and then repeatedly reinforced in motivating exercises that emphasize word pronunciations, definitions, spelling, problem solving, and more! These practical and solidly conceived books will help students acquire vital life skills. Reading Level 3-4 | Interest Level 4-12 Skills Covered Include: - Apply information - Choose the correct word - Expand vocabulary - Understand meaning of words and ideas - Use context clues - Develop life/survival skills - Understand consumer information - Apply math to real-life situations - Use dictionary and glossary skills - Analyze information - Classify information - Make decisions/choices - Develop consumer skills - Determine alphabetical order - Use logic to solve problems The bundle includes five titles (240 pages) and includes an answer key for each unit.

These intriguing stories are designed to capture student interest while building essential reading skills. All 72 stories are followed by step-by-step activities that improve reading comprehension, vocabulary, writing, and more! The truly high-interest topics and low reading levels make this bundle ideal for reluctant readers, those reading below grade level, and teachers who simply want to spice up their reading curriculum. Reading Level 1-5 | Interest Level 3-12 Contents Include: - 72 Articles (12 stories per topic) - List of Words to Know - Skill-Based Comprehension Questions - Cloze Reading Activities - Review Pages - Extended Activities - Skills Chart - Answer Key

Help your students develop practical skills while improving their reading, writing, spelling, and vocabulary! Help students become proficient in everyday life! Critical life skills at home and in the workplace are covered in each book in this series. The structured lessons build key vocabulary, spelling, reading comprehension, sentence and paragraph writing, and more. An excellent way to bring the daily environment into the classroom! Interest Level 7-12 | Reading Level 4-5 Skills Covered Include: - Apply information - Choose the correct word - Expand vocabulary - Understand meaning of words and ideas - Use context clues - Use dictionary and glossary skills - Develop life/survival skills - Find relevant facts - Analyze information - Write an original sentence - Classify information - Make decisions/choices - Develop consumer skills - Understand consumer information - Evaluate information

Prepare your students for the real-world with our NEW essential life skills & social skills bundle! *** More than 500 pages of engaging high-interest reading and skill-based comprehension activities! *** Created to appeal to teens and young adults, this engaging NEW series helps students navigate the challenges of the real world. Our team of ‘experts’ share their wisdom and offer practical advice to help students deal successfully with everyday tasks, problems, and sticky social situations. Whether learning about banking and handling money, getting your first job, or taking care of yourself and being safe, these essential lessons are sure to help teens and young adults on their path to adulthood. STANDARDS-BASED READING & WRITING ACTIVITIES: Each high-interest reading passage 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. These relevant and light-hearted lessons are sure to make learning essential life skills more enjoyable! LOCATE INFORMATION COMPARE & CONTRAST DRAW CONCLUSIONS USE CONTEXT CLUES ANALYZE, EVALUATE, & APPLY SUMMARIZE CAUSE & EFFECT MAIN IDEA SEQUENCE GENERALIZE FORM OPINIONS MAKE INFERENCES DETERMINE AUTHOR'S VIEWPOINT 8 TITLES INCLUDE: DRIVING A CAR HANDLING MONEY YOUR FIRST JOB SOCIAL SKILLS- IMPROVING BEHAVIOR SOCIAL SKILLS- IMPROVING RELATIONSHIPS SOCIAL MEDIA- COMMUNICATING SAFELY BEING SAFE- TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF PHYSICAL HEALTH- TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF Reading Level: Gr 2.5 - 4.5 Interest Level: Gr 6 - 12 Includes: 540 pages of activities