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.
SCORE! By researching important facts about each of the 50 states you can win! Students use the encyclopedia to complete a word puzzle and add to their score with each correct answer. A fun way to sharpen encyclopedia skills and learn about the exciting states in the U.S. at the same time. 56 pages. Examples: Arizona: “The Grand Canyon is found along the ___ River.” New Hampshire: “What is the home of the U.S. Navy’s first shipbuilding yard?”As students learn about each state in the union, they will hone their research skills.
Embracing and understanding cultural differences.
From information about Chinese, Japanese, and Vietnamese immigration to America, to the culinary, arts, and languages of Asian Americans, this book’s cross-curriculum activities will teach students about an important segment of this country’s population.
Activities here include reading, comprehension, language arts, math, social studies, critical thinking, following directions, and listening skills. This 48-page book includes an answer key.
This is the first of a three-volume series that may be used in sequence to help provide continuity in building a foundation for reading proficiency, or it may be used for reinforcement.
Contents Include:
- 5 Storybooks (1 for each: Short A, Short E, Short I, Short O, Short U)
- 5 Word Lists (1 for each Vowel Family)
- 37 Additional Short Vowel Stories
- Chicken Little & The Wise Owl story
- Directions for Use
Five make-and-take-home storybooks - each short-vowel centered - are included in this volume. While each storybook cover is illustrated, inside pages have been left blank for children to create their own imagery.
These animal-inspired stories turn monosyllabic, rhyming families into appealing, fun-to-read tales. (The prerequisite is that students know the consonant sounds, the blends, and the consonant digraphs - ch, sh, wh, th.)
Word lists for each short-vowel family are listed and can be used for spelling lists, extended study, or flash cards. Finally, several pages of additional short-vowel stories can be used for additional reading, writing, and illustrating.
This is the third of a three-volume series that may be used in sequence to help provide continuity in building a foundation for reading proficiency, or it may be used for reinforcement.
Contents Include:
- 5 Storybooks
- 5 Word Lists (1 for each Vowel Family)
- 60 Additional Special Vowel Stories
- Chicken Little & The Wise Owl story
- Directions for Use
Special Vowels Covered Include: ar, er, ir, ur, or, wor, au, aw, ou, ow, oo, oi, oy
Five make-and-take-home storybooks - each special-vowel centered - are included in this volume. While each cover is illustrated, inside pages have been left blank for children to create their own imagery.
These animal-inspired stories turn monosyllabic, rhyming families into appealing, fun-to-read tales. (The prerequisite is that students know the consonant sounds, the blends, and the consonant digraphs - ch, sh, wh, th.)
Word lists for each special-vowel family are listed and can be used for spelling lists, extended study, or flash cards. Finally, several pages of additional special-vowel stories can be used for additional reading, writing, and illustrating.
Life Skills | Cooking Methods | Kitchen Terms | Recipe Vocabulary | Functional Skills | Food Terms | Independent Living | Special Education | Comprehension | Interactive | Drag & Drop GOOGLE SLIDES
Help students on the road to independence with these visually-exciting cooking vocabulary lessons! Using realistic photos and easy-to-read definitions, students are introduced to the real-life world of cooking and preparing meals. Key terms are introduced then reinforced with easy-to-read comprehension and cloze reading activities. These multiple-choice exercises feature a hands-on, drag & drop format- which requires NO TYPING. These easy-to-use task cards are great for daily instruction, performance monitoring, transition programs, assessment, and review. (See product preview for tons of sample slides)
VISUALLY-EXCITING & HANDS-ON LESSONS:
Strong visual cues and dynamic photos are sure to captivate students while reinforcing learning. Drag & Drop activities are sure to keep things enjoyable. These lessons require NO TYPING! All lessons are Drag & Drop activities… a student favorite!
EASY-TO-USE GOOGLE SLIDES ACTIVITIES:
We’ve done the work for you! Simply download these Google Slides and assign them to your students. Assign them all, or just today’s daily lesson! For additional flexibility, these slides can also be printed for in-class use! These easy-to-use lessons do not require writing or typing.
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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.
Includes:
41 Interactive Google Slides
Answer Key
For Students of All Ages
Reading Level: Grades 3 - 4
Interest Level: Grades 4 - 12
Life Skills Activities | Consumer Skills | Reading | Google Slides Task Cards
Improve Reading Comprehension AND Consumer Skills… at the Same Time! These easy-to-use & highly-visual digital Task Cards are ready when you are! Students will get tons of practice reading and interpreting various shopping websites as they are challenged to read for details, find facts, locate information, use charts, and much more. Whether reading product descriptions, determining prices and sizes, using a shopping cart, determining shipping methods, or completing online purchases, these quick Google task cards are sure to help students become savvy consumers and better readers! (see the product preview to see tons of sample pages)
EVERYDAY SHOPPING TOPICS:
Students are sure to LOVE learning how to be a smart consumer while shopping online with these explicit life-skills lessons.
VERSATILE LESSONS:
These multiple-choice activities require very little writing… making them ideal for daily lessons, review, progress monitoring, enrichment, quiz games, and task cards. All activities are multiple choice.
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.
ONLINE SHOPPING INCLUDES:
43 Google Slides
Answer Key
Reading Level 3 - 4
Interest Level: 4 - 12
Life Skills Activities | Consumer Skills | Reading | Google Slides Task Cards
Improve Reading Comprehension AND Consumer Skills… at the Same Time! These easy-to-use & highly-visual digital Task Cards are ready when you are! Students will get tons of practice reading and interpreting various shopping websites as they are challenged to read for details, find facts, locate information, use charts, and much more. Whether reading product descriptions, determining prices and sizes, using a shopping cart, determining shipping methods, or completing online purchases, these quick Google task cards are sure to help students become savvy consumers and better readers! (see the product preview to see tons of sample pages)
EVERYDAY SHOPPING TOPICS:
Students are sure to LOVE learning how to be a smart consumer while shopping online with these explicit life-skills lessons.
VERSATILE LESSONS:
These multiple-choice activities require very little writing… making them ideal for daily lessons, review, progress monitoring, enrichment, quiz games, and task cards. All activities are multiple choice.
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.
ONLINE SHOPPING INCLUDES:
43 Google Slides
Answer Key
Reading Level 3 - 4
Interest Level: 4 - 12
Life Skills Activities | Consumer Skills | Reading | Google Slides Task Cards
Improve Reading Comprehension AND Consumer Skills… at the Same Time! These easy-to-use & highly-visual digital Task Cards are ready when you are! Students will get tons of practice reading and interpreting various shopping websites as they are challenged to read for details, find facts, locate information, use charts, and much more. Whether reading product descriptions, determining prices and sizes, using a shopping cart, determining shipping methods, or completing online purchases, these quick Google task cards are sure to help students become savvy consumers and better readers! (see the product preview to see tons of sample pages)
EVERYDAY SHOPPING TOPICS:
Students are sure to LOVE learning how to be a smart consumer while shopping online with these explicit life-skills lessons.
VERSATILE LESSONS:
These multiple-choice activities require very little writing… making them ideal for daily lessons, review, progress monitoring, enrichment, quiz games, and task cards. All activities are multiple choice.
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.
ONLINE SHOPPING INCLUDES:
43 Google Slides
Answer Key
Reading Level 3 - 4
Interest Level: 4 - 12
Life Skills Activities | Consumer Skills | Reading | Google Slides Task Cards
Improve Reading Comprehension AND Consumer Skills… at the Same Time! These easy-to-use & highly-visual digital Task Cards are ready when you are! Students will get tons of practice reading and interpreting various shopping websites as they are challenged to read for details, find facts, locate information, use charts, and much more. Whether reading product descriptions, determining prices and sizes, using a shopping cart, determining shipping methods, or completing online purchases, these quick Google task cards are sure to help students become savvy consumers and better readers! (see the product preview to see tons of sample pages)
EVERYDAY SHOPPING TOPICS:
Students are sure to LOVE learning how to be a smart consumer while shopping online with these explicit life-skills lessons.
VERSATILE LESSONS:
These multiple-choice activities require very little writing… making them ideal for daily lessons, review, progress monitoring, enrichment, quiz games, and task cards. All activities are multiple choice.
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.
ONLINE SHOPPING INCLUDES:
43 Google Slides
Answer Key
Reading Level 3 - 4
Interest Level: 4 - 12
Life Skills | Kitchen Safety | Cooking | Food Prep | Knife Safety | Kitchen Fires. | Appliances | Burns | Google Slides. Is it time to teach KITCHEN SAFETY? These easy-to-use & highly-visual lessons are ready when you are! Short reading passages introduce students to key safety topics, while simple multiple-choice questions challenge students to show what they know. A great way to teach kitchen safety and life skills in a very deliberate and explicit manner! For students of all ages. (See product preview for tons of sample pages).
TOPICS INCLUDE:
Kitchen Safety
Grease Fires - (How to put them out)
Fire Extinguishers
Stove Top & Cooking Safety
Fire-Safe Clothing
Small Appliance Safety
Burns, Scalding & Steam
Potholders & Oven Mitts
Knife Safety
Where to Store Cleaning Supplies
Wet & Slippery Floors
Trip Hazards & Falling Accidents
Step Stools & Ladders
And more!
SKILL-BASED VISUAL LESSONS:
Students read each short passage then answer relevant kitchen safety questions. These realistic and highly-visual activities challenge students to read for details, locate information, use context clues, sequence events, and more.
EVERYDAY SAFETY TOPICS:
Students are sure to LOVE learning how to cook and prepare meals safely. Whether learning the correct way to use a knife or how to put out a grease fire, your students will get their fill with these explicit life-skills lessons.
COMPREHENSION ACTIVITIES:
Multiple-choice and cloze reading comprehension questions challenge students after reading each passage. Questions require students to read for details, locate information, use context clues and more… Basic kitchen terms are used throughout, giving students opportunities to expand their vocabulary along the way.
VERSATILE LESSONS:
These multiple-choice activities require very little writing… making them ideal for daily lessons, review, progress monitoring, enrichment, quiz games, and task cards. All activities are multiple choice.
EASY TO USE!
These Google Slides lessons are ready when you are!
Simply download them and start assigning them to you students in Google Classroom! For added versatility, these lessons can also be printed, saved as pdfs, or downloaded as a Powerpoint presentation.
Includes
46 Google Slides
Answer Key
Life Skills | Kitchen Tools & Equipment | Functional Vocabulary | Cooking & Recipes | Independent Living | Special Education | Reading Comprehension | Google. Help students on the road to independence with these interactive cooking equipment vocabulary lessons! Using realistic photos and easy-to-read definitions, students are introduced to everything from ladles to cheese graters. Key vocabulary is introduced then reinforced with easy-to-read comprehension and cloze reading activities. These multiple-choice exercises feature a hands-on, drag & drop format- which requires NO TYPING. Great for daily instruction, progress monitoring, transition programs, assessment, and review.
HANDS-ON VISUAL LESSONS:
Strong visual cues and realistic photos are sure to captivate students while reinforcing learning. Drag & Drop activities are sure to keep things enjoyable. These lessons require NO TYPING! All lessons are Drag & Drop activities… a student favorite!
EASY-TO-USE GOOGLE SLIDES ACTIVITIES:
We’ve done the work for you! Simply download these Google Slides and assign them to your students. Assign them all, or just today’s daily lesson! For additional flexibility, these slides can also be printed for in-class use or downloaded as powerpoint presentations. These easy-to-use, drag & drop lessons do not require writing or typing.
INCLUDES:
59 INTERACTIVE GOOGLE SLIDES
ANSWER KEY
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BENEFITS OF GOOGLE SLIDES:
If you’ve been looking for a way to integrate technology into your lessons, this is your answer. And the best part is you don’t have to print, cut, laminate, or replace when you lose pieces…it’s ALL DIGITAL!
HOW DO GOOGLE SLIDES WORK?
Students read each high-interest story on a computer or iPad then answer the comprehension questions right on their copy of the slides. Teachers can see students’ answers in real time, or review them later. Slides can also be printed and used as colorful classroom worksheets. You can assign a set of slides to each student, so that they have their own personal packet.
Life Skills Activities | Consumer Skills | Reading | Task Cards
Improve Reading Comprehension AND Consumer Skills… at the Same Time! These easy-to-use & visually interesting digital Task Cards introduce students to the basics of credit cards. The in-depth information is presented in small, easy-to understand chunks. Students of multiple skill levels will be able to successfully access the information. This step-by-step approach thoroughly answers the question: “What is a credit card?”
“Parts of a Credit Card” are pointed out in detail over a series of task cards. “Types of Credit Cards” are then explained over the next series of task cards so students have the knowledge they need to make a decision about what type of card they should get when the time comes.
Students will get lots of practice reading and interpreting the information presented as they are challenged to find facts, locate information, and read for detail. These quick task cards prepare students for learning about what it takes to get a credit card.
A Glossary of Terms is included to familiarize students with words and phrases that might be new to them.
VERSATILE LESSONS: These multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank activities require no writing… making them ideal for daily lessons, review, progress monitoring, enrichment, quiz games, and task cards. All activities are multiple choice or fill in the blank.
Life Skills Activities | Consumer Skills | Reading | Task Cards
Improve Reading Comprehension AND Consumer Skills… at the Same Time! These easy-to-use & visually interesting digital Task Cards introduce students to the basics of credit cards. The in-depth information is presented in small, easy-to understand chunks. Students of multiple skill levels will be able to successfully access the information. This step-by-step approach thoroughly answers the question: “What is a credit card?”
“Parts of a Credit Card” are pointed out in detail over a series of task cards. “Types of Credit Cards” are then explained over the next series of task cards so students have the knowledge they need to make a decision about what type of card they should get when the time comes.
Students will get lots of practice reading and interpreting the information presented as they are challenged to find facts, locate information, and read for detail. These quick Google task cards prepare students for learning about what it takes to get a credit card.
A Glossary of Terms is included to familiarize students with words and phrases that might be new to them.
VERSATILE LESSONS: These multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank activities require no writing… making them ideal for daily lessons, review, progress monitoring, enrichment, quiz games, and task cards. All activities are multiple choice or fill in the blank.
VERSATILE & EASY-TO-USE GOOGLE SLIDES:
We’ve done the work for you! Simply download these Google Slides and assign them to your students. Assign them all, or just today’s daily lesson! For additional flexibility, these slides can also be printed for in-class use! Each lesson includes 10 multiple choice questions making them ideal for assessment, review, quiz cards and more… These easy-to-use lessons do not require writing or typing. All questions are multiple choice or fill-in-the-blank which requires students to drag a circle or word to provide the correct answer.
BENEFITS OF GOOGLE SLIDES:
If you’ve been looking for a way to integrate technology into your lessons, this is your answer. And the best part is you don’t have to print, cut, laminate, or replace when you lose pieces…it’s ALL DIGITAL!
HOW DO GOOGLE SLIDES WORK?
Students read each high-interest story on a computer or iPad then answer the comprehension questions right on their copy of the slides. Teachers can see students’ answers in real time, or review them later. Slides can also be printed and used as colorful classroom worksheets. You can assign a set of slides to each student, so that they have their own personal packet.
Life Skills Activities | Consumer Skills | Reading | Task Cards
Improve Reading Comprehension AND Consumer Skills… at the Same Time! These easy-to-use & visually interesting Task Cards describe in detail the process of using a checking account. The in-depth information is presented in small, easy-to-understand chunks. Students of multiple skill levels will be able to successfully access the information.
A step-by-step approach makes the task cards ideal for explicit instruction, life skills classes, remediation, transition students, special education, and more. Using a Checking Account can be used as a stand-alone unit of instruction or can be used as a companion teaching unit along with Bank Account Basics.
Students will learn the advantages of keeping their money safe in a checking account and how to easily access that money. There is explicit information about how to Write a Check, Fill Out a Deposit Slip, Use a Debit Card and Fill Out a Transaction Register.
Using a Debit Card: Since most people access their checking account by using their debit card, there is in-depth information about this essential life skill. Students will learn the difference between a debit card and a credit card and the different ways a debit card can be used.
Step-By-Step Directions for Using an ATM: After going through these detailed instructions, students will feel a sense of confidence when they face their first ATM transaction.
Step-By-Step Directions for Using POS Terminal: Making your first debit card purchase in a store can be confusing if you don’t understand how to use the point of sale terminal. These detailed instructions will help give students the confidence they need to successfully complete their first purchase.
READING SKILLS: Students will get lots of practice reading and interpreting the information presented as they are challenged to find facts, locate information, and read for detail. These task cards prepare students for successfully using a checking account.
VERSATILE LESSONS: These multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank activities require no writing… making them ideal for daily lessons, review, progress monitoring, enrichment, quiz games, and task cards. All activities are multiple choice or fill in the blank.
Includes:
58 Task Cards
Answer Key
Reading Comprehension | Science | Fiction/Nonfiction Pairing | Earthquakes
Supports Best Practices in Reading by Pairing Science-Based Nonfiction Stories with Fiction Stories on the Same Topic!
Each exciting and fact-filled story is accompanied by a dynamic, colorful, realistic illustration that brings the story to life and enhances the content. The nonfiction story gives a detailed, scientific explanation of the topic. The matching fiction story makes the topic relatable to everyday life.
Reading Skills
Follow-up questions and activities help build important comprehension skills and strategies shared by and unique to nonfiction and fiction stories. By reading the stories and completing the accompanying activities, students will have a much greater understanding of these two key genres of reading.
“Earthquakes”
The nonfiction story sets up the fiction story with fascinating facts about what causes earthquakes and the kind of damage they can do.
“On Shaky Ground”
The fiction story tells what happens when a young girl and her dog experience an earthquake while they are alone in the house.
Questions & Activities
Each story is followed by who, what, when, where, why, and how type questions.
Additional skill-specific questions for each story include: Main Idea, Locating Information, Fact or Opinion, Sequencing, Cause & Effect, Conclusion, Inference,
Summarizing, and Picture Interpretation.
Vocabulary activities include: vocabulary matching, word search, and context.
Details:
Each short story is about 350 words and is written at a 2.9 to 4.9 reading level according to the Flesch-Kincaid Readability Scale. The interest level is grades 3 and up.
Contents Include:
• 2 high-interest, illustrated, short stories
• 10 pages of questions and activities
• Glossary
• Answer Key
• 18 total pages
Life Skills Activities | Consumer Skills | Reading | Task Cards | Google Slides
Improve Reading Comprehension AND Consumer Skills… at the Same Time! These easy-to-use & visually interesting digital Task Cards describe in detail the process of using a checking account. The in-depth information is presented in small, easy-to-understand chunks. Students of multiple skill levels will be able to successfully access the information.
A step-by-step approach makes the task cards ideal for explicit instruction, life skills classes, remediation, transition students, special education, and more. Using a Checking Account can be used as a stand-alone unit of instruction or can be used as a companion teaching unit along with Bank Account Basics.
Students will learn the advantages of keeping their money safe in a checking account and how to easily access that money. There is explicit information about how to Write a Check, Fill Out a Deposit Slip, Use a Debit Card and Fill Out a Transaction Register.
Using a Debit Card: Since most people access their checking account by using their debit card, there is in-depth information about this essential life skill. Students will learn the difference between a debit card and a credit card and the different ways a debit card can be used.
Step-By-Step Directions for Using an ATM: After going through these detailed instructions, students will feel a sense of confidence when they face their first ATM transaction.
Step-By-Step Directions for Using POS Terminal: Making your first debit card purchase in a store can be confusing if you don’t understand how to use the point of sale terminal. These detailed instructions will help give students the confidence they need to successfully complete their first purchase.
READING SKILLS: Students will get lots of practice reading and interpreting the information presented as they are challenged to find facts, locate information, and read for detail. These task cards prepare students for successfully using a checking account.
VERSATILE LESSONS: These multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank activities require no writing… making them ideal for daily lessons, review, progress monitoring, enrichment, quiz games, and task cards. All activities are multiple choice or fill in the blank.
Reading Comprehension | Science | Fiction/Nonfiction Pairing | Fossils
Supports Best Practices in Reading by Pairing Science-Based Nonfiction Stories with Fiction Stories on the Same Topic!
Each exciting and fact-filled story is accompanied by a dynamic, colorful, realistic illustration that brings the story to life and enhances the content. The nonfiction story gives a detailed, scientific explanation of the topic. The matching fiction story makes the topic relatable to everyday life.
Reading Skills
Follow-up questions and activities help build important comprehension skills and strategies shared by and unique to nonfiction and fiction stories. By reading the stories and completing the accompanying activities, students will have a much greater understanding of these two key genres of reading.
“Fossils”
The nonfiction story sets up the fiction story by answering the questions: “What is a fossil?” and “How are fossils formed?”
“Bulldozers & Bones”
The fiction story tells about an exciting fossil discovery a young boy makes while helping his dad excavate some land to build a house.
Questions & Activities
Each story is followed by who, what, when, where, why, and how type questions.
Additional skill-specific questions for each story include: Main Idea, Locating Information, Fact or Opinion, Sequencing, Cause & Effect, Conclusion, Inference,
Summarizing, and Picture Interpretation.
Vocabulary activities include: vocabulary matching, word search, and context.
Details:
Each short story is between 330 and 375 words and is written at a 2.9 to 4.4 reading level according to the Flesch-Kincaid Readability Scale. The interest level is grades 3 and up.
Contents Include:
• 2 high-interest, illustrated, short stories
• 10 pages of questions and activities
• Glossary
• Answer Key
• 18 total pages
Reading Comprehension | Science | Fiction/Nonfiction Pairing | John Muir
Supports Best Practices in Reading by Pairing Science-Based Nonfiction Stories with Fiction Stories on the Same Topic!
Each exciting and fact-filled story is accompanied by a dynamic, colorful, realistic illustration that brings the story to life and enhances the content. The nonfiction story gives a detailed, scientific explanation of the topic. The matching fiction story makes the topic relatable to everyday life.
Reading Skills
Follow-up questions and activities help build important comprehension skills and strategies shared by and unique to nonfiction and fiction stories. By reading the stories and completing the accompanying activities, students will have a much greater understanding of these two key genres of reading.
“John Muir”
The nonfiction story sets up the fiction story with interesting facts about the famous naturalist John Muir and how he helped to preserve our forests and national parks.
“Father of the Forest”
The fiction story is told from the viewpoint of an ancient tree and tells what the tree has seen throughout its lifetime.
Questions & Activities
Each story is followed by who, what, when, where, why, and how type questions.
Additional skill-specific questions for each story include: Main Idea, Locating Information, Fact or Opinion, Sequencing, Cause & Effect, Conclusion, Inference,
Summarizing, and Picture Interpretation.
Vocabulary activities include: vocabulary matching, word search, and context.
Details:
Each short story is about 350 words and is written at a 3.2 to 5.0 reading level according to the Flesch-Kincaid Readability Scale. The interest level is grades 3 and up.
Contents Include:
• 2 high-interest, illustrated, short stories
• 10 pages of questions and activities
• Glossary
• Answer Key
• 18 total pages
Reading Comprehension | Social Studies | Fiction/Nonfiction Pairing | Civil War
Supports Best Practices in Reading by Pairing History-Based Nonfiction Stories with Fiction Stories on the Same Topic!
Each exciting and fact-filled story is accompanied by a dynamic, colorful, realistic illustration that brings the story to life and enhances the content. The nonfiction story gives a detailed, historic explanation of the topic. The matching fiction story makes the topic relatable to everyday life.
Reading Skills
Follow-up questions and activities help build important comprehension skills and strategies shared by and unique to nonfiction and fiction stories. By reading the stories and completing the accompanying activities, students will have a much greater understanding of these two key genres of reading.
“Civil War”
The nonfiction story sets up the fiction story with sobering facts about the tragedy of the war between the North and the South and the fight to end slavery.
“Escape to the North”
The fiction story tells about a young Southern boy who helps a young runaway
slave.
Questions & Activities
Each story is followed by who, what, when, where, why, and how type questions.
Additional skill-specific questions for each story include: Main Idea, Locating Information, Fact or Opinion, Sequencing, Cause & Effect, Conclusion, Inference,
Summarizing, and Picture Interpretation.
Vocabulary activities include: vocabulary matching, word search, and context.
Details:
Each short story is between 300 and 360 words and is written at a 2.8 to 4.8 reading level according to the Flesch-Kincaid Readability Scale. The interest level is grades 4 and up.
Contents Include:
• 2 high-interest, illustrated, short stories
• 10 pages of questions and activities
• Glossary
• Answer Key
• 18 total pages
Reading Comprehension | Social Studies | Fiction/Nonfiction Pairing | Dust Bowl
Supports Best Practices in Reading by Pairing History-Based Nonfiction Stories with Fiction Stories on the Same Topic!
Each exciting and fact-filled story is accompanied by a dynamic, colorful, realistic illustration that brings the story to life and enhances the content. The nonfiction story gives a detailed, historic explanation of the topic. The matching fiction story makes the topic relatable to everyday life.
Reading Skills
Follow-up questions and activities help build important comprehension skills and strategies shared by and unique to nonfiction and fiction stories. By reading the stories and completing the accompanying activities, students will have a much greater understanding of these two key genres of reading.
“Dust Bowl”
The nonfiction story sets up the fiction story with facts about what caused the long drought in the Midwest, during the 1930s, that created the “dust bowl” and the effects it had on the farmers.
“A Wall of Dust”
The fiction story tells about a group of school children that get trapped with their teacher in the schoolhouse during a fierce dust storm.
Questions & Activities
Each story is followed by who, what, when, where, why, and how type questions.
Additional skill-specific questions for each story include: Main Idea, Locating Information, Fact or Opinion, Sequencing, Cause & Effect, Conclusion, Inference,
Summarizing, and Picture Interpretation.
Vocabulary activities include: vocabulary matching, word search, and context.
Details:
Each short story is about 340 words and is written at a 2.5 to 3.8 reading level according to the Flesch-Kincaid Readability Scale. The interest level is grades 4 and up.
Contents Include:
• 2 high-interest, illustrated, short stories
• 10 pages of questions and activities
• Glossary
• Answer Key
• 18 total pages