Engaging Lessons, Tips, & Techniques to help students learn how to find AND get a Job! * Job Search * Applying for a Job * Resume * Cover Letter * Interview * Wages * Salary * Real-life Situations * Help students prepare for the real-life challenges of getting a job with these new life-skills lessons! The first step towards REAL independence is getting a job… But how do you FIND one… and how do you GET one? These life-skills lessons help students learn the best tips, strategies, and techniques for Getting a Job! These realistic lessons answer many questions such as, “Do I need a resume?” “How do I stand out?” “What should I wear to an interview?” “What should I ask?” “How do I choose between two job offers?” and more… Google Slides: 136 Ready-to-Use Google Slides! Engaging Lessons, Tips, & Techniques to help students learn how to find AND get a Job! * Finding Jobs * Applying for a Job * Resumes * Cover Letters * Interviews * Wages * Salaries * Real-life Situations * Help students prepare for the real-life challenges of getting a job with these new life-skills Google Slides lessons! (see the product preview to see TONS of sample pages). TOPICS INCLUDE: Finding a Job: Students learn about the various ways to find a job using online companies such as Monster.com, Indeed.com, CareerBuilder.com and Snagajob.com. Lessons also help focus on employment agencies, company websites, networking, want ads, and more. Applying for a Job: Students learn about creating memorable cover letters, successful resumes, and completing job applications. Job Interviews: Lessons cover what to wear, the importance of being punctual, what to say and questions to ask. Job Details: Students are introduced to the world of wages, salaries, commissions, benefits, paid holidays, sick days, health insurance & more. Real-life Situations: Students get realistic hands-on practice as they follow five people through their job searches from the beginning of the process all the way to the end. READY-TO-USE: These ready-to-use pdf lessons are sure to save you time! Simply download and start assigning them to your students. THE INDEPENDENT LIVING SERIES: Part of the new Independent Living Series, Getting a Job provides practical advice and helpful information to teach students how to successfully prepare for, locate, and get a job. This series 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 more sample pages). 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. ENGAGING LESSONS: These sequential lessons walk students through key topics and guides them along the path towards Independent Living.

Want those $300 Nike’s? Then it might be time to get your first job! There’s a lot to know when it comes to getting AND keeping your first job! These High-Interest Reading Activities are sure to teach students about this essential life skill! Students learn vital tips about finding and getting their first job, interviewing, writing a resume and cover letter, being a good worker, understanding payroll deductions, dealing with unpleasant customers, demanding supervisors, and much more… Getting Your First Job Features Engaging Reading, Comprehension & Life Skills Activities that students WILL WANT TO READ ABOUT! These life skills lessons focus on the things young workers need to know. Teens and ‘Experts’ offer helpful advice through colorful text messages, while the high-interest reading passages challenge students to learn more about this essential life skill. HIGH-INTEREST TOPICS: What are some different types of jobs? Where should you look for a job? What should you NOT wear to an interview? Who is FICA… and why is he taking your money? What should you do if you hate your job? These high-interest lessons answer these questions and many more in a light-hearted, easy-reading style that readers will LOVE! (See Product Preview for additional Samples) EASY-TO-READ, ENGAGING LAYOUT: Colorful characters teach essential concepts through graphic text messages, cartoon conversations, and lighthearted reading passages. Important concepts are woven throughout this fun format keeping students highly engaged while also improving their reading comprehension skills. 280 COMPREHENSION & WRITING ACTIVITIES: Each of the 14 high-interest lessons is followed by 20 specific reading comprehension questions and writing activities that require complete-sentence answers. Thats 280 comprehension AND writing activities! Google Slides: 134 Engaging, High-Interest Google Slides about Getting Your First Job! Students learn vital tips about finding and getting their first job, interviewing, writing a resume and cover letter, being a good worker, understanding payroll deductions, dealing with unpleasant customers, demanding supervisors, and much more… ALIGNED TO STANDARDS: Each question is clearly labeled with the standard that it meets. Standards include: Locate Information Apply, Analyze Compare/Contrast Draw Conclusions Evaluate Information Form an Opinion Make Inferences Make Generalizations Sequence Summarize Find Solutions Use Context to find Meaning Research HANDY SKILL CHART: Need to work on a specific skill or standard? Use the handy Skill Chart to quickly find a chapter that targets that specific skill! 14 HIGH-INTEREST TOPICS: Want Those $300 Nikes? I Guess it’s Time to Get a Job! I Don’t Know How to Do Anything... How Can I Get a Job? How Do I Find a Job? Do I Need a Resume? Can I Wear Shorts and Flip Flops to My Interview? I’m Too Nervous! How Can I Do an Interview? I Don’t Know if I Got the Job. Now What? I Got the Job...How Do I Keep It? I Hate My Job...Should I Quit? How Much Money Will I Make? Who is FICA and Why is He Taking My Money? Can You Get Bullied at Work? My Boss is a Jerk! What Should I Do? The Customer is ALWAYS Right... Right?

Main idea, word analysis, analogies, cause and effect, inferences, drawing conclusions... when you need to target specific reading skills this bundle is for you! With this bundle you won't have to waste time searching through stories and activities to find one that targets the skills you need to include in your lesson plan. This high-interest, low readability stories in this bundle are followed by activities, which are labeled according to the specific skills targeted. There's even a quick reference chart that links specific reading skills to their accompanying stories! A valuable resource and a terrific time saver! Reading Level 2-6 | Interest Level 4-12

Divide and Conquer with Phonics Rules! The study of phonics 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 reproducible worksheets and activities to help students 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. Altogether, this information-packed unit will help: you teach reading more effectively! raise your students reading levels! Grade Level K-3 | Interest Level 3-12 Google Slides: 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! 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. 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)

136 Easy-to-Use Google Classroom Slides Money Lessons & Activities: Recognizing Coins & Dollars * Counting Money * Spending Money * Going Shopping * Realistic Scenarios * Matching Coins to Prices * Various Ways of Showing an Amount * Money Word Problems * Applying what you’ve Learned * and more! The Complete BIG Bundle of Money Skills Google Slides activities! These step-by-step lessons are sure to improve students’ money skills as they practice recognizing coins, discovering their value, counting coins, matching coins to prices, writing amounts of money in various ways, adding coins and dollars, and “buying” items. Check out the Product Previews to see TONS of sample slides. This is ALL 3-parts of our sequential Beginning Money series. A terrific hands-on, interactive way of teaching essential money skills! For students of ALL ages! REALISTIC COINS: The coin images on each page are very realistic, and include both the old and newer versions of each coin. These realistic activities are suitable for students of all ages. A terrific introduction to this essential life skill! READY-TO-USE Google Classroom Activities: If you’ve been looking for a way to integrate technology into your classroom, 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! Simply download these ready-to-use Google Slides to your Google Drive and assign them to your students. You can watch them work on the activities in real-time or review them at a later time. Skills Covered: Recognizing Coins Learning Coin Values Counting Money Greater Than / Less Than Beginning Shopping Concepts -Math Word Problems Reading Practice Following Directions Fine-Motor Skills Keyboarding Skills

Practical Activities to Teach How to Use a Credit Card This book will give students a practical understanding of credit cards including what they are, how to get one, and how to use them responsibly. Students will practice filling out credit card applications, reading credit card statements, and answering everyday-life math word problems. A glossary and an answer key are included in this 64-page book. Realistic Math Practice Include: Practical Math Activities Realistic Word Problems High-Interest Lessons Making Purchases Shopping Online Using Credit Cards Responsibly Google Slides: 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. More About This Book Everything you ever needed to know about credit cards - all in one book! How do I get a credit card? What is a credit score? How do I use a credit card? What is an account statement? Answers to these questions and much more are featured in this comprehensive book. Students get hands-on experience filling out application forms. Step-by-step instructions explain account statements and how to make purchases in stores and online. Detailed illustrations and high-interest comprehension activities ensure an in-depth understanding of what it means to responsibly use a credit card. Essential 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; figure percentages; round to the nearest hundredth; fill in graphs and pie charts, and much more! Reading Level 6-8 Improve your students’ real-life money skills!

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

Interest Level: 3-12 Reading Level: 3-4 Students develop important survival skills with these easy-to-use activities sure to improve vocabulary, reading, spelling, and writing. Special signs, symbols, and directions are encountered in all areas of our lives. Therefore, it’s essential that our students learn the meanings of these cautionary words and symbols in order to become more independent in the “real world.” Survival Signs was created to meet this need and offers plenty of practice with more than 160+ words, phrases, and symbols! This activity book includes glossary pages that are organized by safety, mobility, restriction, and information words, as well as an answer key. As students work their way through the exercises, they will gain knowledge that will allow them to become more confident and independent.

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

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.

Activities to strengthen beginning reading and writing skills! Ideal for language development and ESL students. Activities range from sentence sequencing and reading comprehension to simple rules of etiquette.

Each fascinating book in this bundle contains intriguing short stories, extended writing activities, and comprehension activities. The specific reading skills focused on include: finding main ideas, locating answers, detecting sequences, vocabulary and word analysis, finding facts, making inferences, and more. To build reading confidence, the stories have been arranged sequentially - from lowest reading levels to the highest. Reading Level 1.8-4.0 | Grade Level 4+ All of the materials in this bundle are sold separately on TpT. Follow the links below to read detailed descriptions for each title. The 3 Titles in this Bundle Include: Amazing Facts: fascinating facts about animals, minerals, sports, history, etc. Reading Level: 2-4 Famous People, Places & Events: Disneyland, H.G. Wells, Hurricane, Stonehenge, etc. Reading Level: 1.8-3.8 Outstanding Americans: stories about African, Hispanic, Asian, and Native Americans. Reading Level: 3-4

Develop specific language skills with these easy-to-use books filled with solid, targeted, skill-building activities. Each book is delightfully illustrated, loaded with practice, and superb as an introduction or review. Reliable and practical, these books are sure to reinforce and enrich students’ language skills.

An Appetizing Approach to Learning Math Skills! From burgers to burritos, nearly everything you might order from a fast food restaurant can be found on the colorful menus included in this hands-on, practical math bundle. Students solve computation and real-life word problems by referring to the highly visual drive-thru menus. Figuring food costs, computing taxes, and making change are just a few of the skills covered in this hands-on series. Math objectives are clearly stated on each page making it easy to focus on the skills your students need most. Contents Include: - Hundreds of Realistic Computation & Word Problem Activities - 6 Full Color, Fast-Food Menus - 6 Black-and-White Versions of the Menus for easy printing Reading Level 1-4 | Interest Level 3-12 All of the materials in this bundle are sold separately on TpT. Follow the links below to read detailed descriptions for each title. The 3 Titles in this Bundle Include: Beginning Money Skills Adding & Subtracting Money Multiplying & Dividing Money

These brief, high-interest stories and cloze procedure to increase comprehension! Besides stories and context clues, each book provides word lists and comprehension questions to promote greater understanding of each selection. A good tool for students who need help with word order or sentence structure. The 20 cloze procedure lessons in each book will help students not only gain a greater understanding of concepts, but will assist in expanding their vocabulary. Questions follow each cloze paragraph exercise - thus insuring that students have a broad understanding of the story by incorporating thinking skills as well as recall activities. The questions involve inference, prediction, and relationship.