Interest Level: 4-12 Reading Level: 3-4 Capture the interest of eager learners and reluctant learners alike with these humor-filled workbooks guaranteed to put a grin on students’ and teachers’ faces. These skill-based activities revolve around a set of comical characters who get involved in silly and absurd situations. Zany illustrations with humorous captions keep kids smiling, while solid practice activities teach important basic skills. The amusing characters have been given wacky and unusual names that are repeated often in all four books, giving lots of practice with certain letter group sounds. Creative Writing: Clever story-starters and comical characters invite students to use their imaginations - and pencil - to add to the humor.

READY-TO-USE, INTERACTIVE GOOGLE SLIDES! Students will become more confident and independent as they practice filling out more than 20 different kinds of forms. Whether filling out a job application or applying for a savings account, students are sure to enjoy these easy-to-use, real-life activities. As students practice filling out forms and answering follow-up questions, they will be improving reading, writing, spelling, and following directions skills. The open-ended activities invite creativity and test comprehension. Forms Include: driver’s license & permit job application birth certificate standardized test form social security card application school admittance form tests schedules car title savings account application apartment application lease agreement change of address form credit application warranty registration student Information practice page and more! These fun, easy-reading life skills lessons are terrific for students of all ages who need practical practice filling out forms. Easy-to-Use: Objectives are clearly stated on each slide making it easy to focus on the skills your students need most. Simply download these Google Slides and assign them to your students. Assign them all, or just a few for today’s lesson! Easy-to-Read: The easy-to-read activities are sure to help students learn to fill out all types of common forms. 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. Reading Level 3-4 Interest Level 3-12

Interest Level: 4-12 Reading Level: 3-4 Help your students develop important life skills with these easy-to-use activities sure to strengthen their abilities in reading, comprehension, and writing! Directories & Guides is a great way to help students become more confident and independent as they work through activities involving “real-life” situations. Students will get plenty of practice using a telephone directory, restaurant guide, mall directory, travel guide and more! Follow-up questions test students’ understanding and reading comprehension.

Interest Level: 4-12 Reading Level: 3-4 Help your students develop important life skills with these easy-to-use activities sure to strengthen their abilities in reading, writing, finding details, and drawing conclusions! Labels & Packages is a great way to help students become more confident and independent as they work through activities involving “real-life” situations. Students will get plenty of practice reading labels while follow-up questions and open-ended activities invite creativity and test their comprehension. Topics include: product ingredients, safety warnings, nutritional values, usage instructions, and more!

Interest Level: 4-12 Reading Level: 3-4 Help your students develop important life skills with these easy-to-use activities sure to strengthen their abilities in reading, writing, finding details, and drawing conclusions! Labels & Packages is a great way to help students become more confident and independent as they work through activities involving “real-life” situations. Students will get plenty of practice reading labels while follow-up questions and open-ended activities invite creativity and test their comprehension. Topics include: product ingredients, safety warnings, nutritional values, usage instructions, and more!

Three Topics: Communication Skills; Problem Solving; Getting a Job; Keeping a Job. Provide students with the basic skills needed to attain success in school. This series helps to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to become a healthy, productive adult. Each book includes dialogue between characters in a hypothetical difficult situation and discusses various reactions and the likely outcomes from either a positive or negative reaction.

Three Topics: Course Selection; Choosing a College; Career Decision Making. Provide students with the basic skills needed to attain success in school. This series helps to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to become a healthy, productive adult. Each book includes dialogue between characters in a hypothetical difficult situation and discusses various reactions and the likely outcomes from either a positive or negative reaction. Some of the topics students might encounter that are addressed in the series include: Anger Management, Improving Self Concept, How to Handle Stress, Learning How to Study, How to Get Good Grades, Problem Solving, Communication Skills, Recognizing Depression, Career Choices, Peer Pressure and more. Each book includes two or more topics and each is followed by a variety of exercises such as true or false, matching, fill-in-the-blanks, multiple choice, sentence completion, crossword puzzles and subjective opinion. Answer keys are found at the back of each book.

Recognizing Depression Parts 1 and 2 - Provide students with the basic skills needed to attain success in school. This series helps to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to become a healthy, productive adult. Each book includes dialogue between characters in a hypothetical difficult situation and discusses various reactions and the likely outcomes from either a positive or negative reaction. Some of the topics students might encounter that are addressed in the series include: Anger Management, Improving Self Concept, How to Handle Stress, Learning How to Study, How to Get Good Grades, Problem Solving, Communication Skills, Recognizing Depression, Career Choices, Peer Pressure and more. Each book includes two or more topics and each is followed by a variety of exercises such as true or false, matching, fill-in-the-blanks, multiple choice, sentence completion, crossword puzzles and subjective opinion. Answer keys are found at the back of each book.

Two Topics: How to Succeed Inside the Classroom; How to Succeed Outside the Classroom. Provide students with the basic skills needed to attain success in school. This series helps to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to become a healthy, productive adult. Each book includes dialogue between characters in a hypothetical difficult situation and discusses various reactions and the likely outcomes from either a positive or negative reaction. Some of the topics students might encounter that are addressed in the series include: Anger Management, Improving Self Concept, How to Handle Stress, Learning How to Study, How to Get Good Grades, Problem Solving, Communication Skills, Recognizing Depression, Career Choices, Peer Pressure and more. Each book includes two or more topics and each is followed by a variety of exercises such as true or false, matching, fill-in-the-blanks, multiple choice, sentence completion, crossword puzzles and subjective opinion. Answer keys are found at the back of each book.

One Topic (Three Parts) - Learning How to Take a Test; Testwiseness; Studying and Retention. Provide students with the basic skills needed to attain success in school. This series helps to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to become a healthy, productive adult. Each book includes dialogue between characters in a hypothetical difficult situation and discusses various reactions and the likely outcomes from either a positive or negative reaction. Some of the topics students might encounter that are addressed in the series include: Anger Management, Improving Self Concept, How to Handle Stress, Learning How to Study, How to Get Good Grades, Problem Solving, Communication Skills, Recognizing Depression, Career Choices, Peer Pressure and more. Each book includes two or more topics and each is followed by a variety of exercises such as true or false, matching, fill-in-the-blanks, multiple choice, sentence completion, crossword puzzles and subjective opinion. Answer keys are found at the back of each book.

Two Topics: How to Get Good Grades; Learning How to Study. Provide students with the basic skills needed to attain success in school. This series helps to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to become a healthy, productive adult. Each book includes dialogue between characters in a hypothetical difficult situation and discusses various reactions and the likely outcomes from either a positive or negative reaction. Some of the topics students might encounter that are addressed in the series include: Anger Management, Improving Self Concept, How to Handle Stress, Learning How to Study, How to Get Good Grades, Problem Solving, Communication Skills, Recognizing Depression, Career Choices, Peer Pressure and more. Each book includes two or more topics and each is followed by a variety of exercises such as true or false, matching, fill-in-the-blanks, multiple choice, sentence completion, crossword puzzles and subjective opinion. Answer keys are found at the back of each book.

One Topic, Two Parts: Stress, Parts I & II. (Managing Stress). Provide students with the basic skills needed to attain success in school. This series helps to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to become a healthy, productive adult. Each book includes dialogue between characters in a hypothetical difficult situation and discusses various reactions and the likely outcomes from either a positive or negative reaction. Some of the topics students might encounter that are addressed in the series include: Anger Management, Improving Self Concept, How to Handle Stress, Learning How to Study, How to Get Good Grades, Problem Solving, Communication Skills, Recognizing Depression, Career Choices, Peer Pressure and more. Each book includes two or more topics and each is followed by a variety of exercises such as true or false, matching, fill-in-the-blanks, multiple choice, sentence completion, crossword puzzles and subjective opinion. Answer keys are found at the back of each book.

One Topic, Two Parts: How to Improve Your Self-Concept Parts I & II. Provide students with the basic skills needed to attain success in school. This series helps to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to become a healthy, productive adult. Each book includes dialogue between characters in a hypothetical difficult situation and discusses various reactions and the likely outcomes from either a positive or negative reaction. Some of the topics students might encounter that are addressed in the series include: Anger Management, Improving Self Concept, How to Handle Stress, Learning How to Study, How to Get Good Grades, Problem Solving, Communication Skills, Recognizing Depression, Career Choices, Peer Pressure and more. Each book includes two or more topics and each is followed by a variety of exercises such as true or false, matching, fill-in-the-blanks, multiple choice, sentence completion, crossword puzzles and subjective opinion. Answer keys are found at the back of each book.

Two Topics: A Mountain is to Climb (Dropout Prevention); The Party (Responsibility to Graduate). Provide students with the basic skills needed to attain success in school. This series helps to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to become a healthy, productive adult. Each book includes dialogue between characters in a hypothetical difficult situation and discusses various reactions and the likely outcomes from either a positive or negative reaction. Some of the topics students might encounter that are addressed in the series include: Anger Management, Improving Self Concept, How to Handle Stress, Learning How to Study, How to Get Good Grades, Problem Solving, Communication Skills, Recognizing Depression, Career Choices, Peer Pressure and more. Each book includes two or more topics and each is followed by a variety of exercises such as true or false, matching, fill-in-the-blanks, multiple choice, sentence completion, crossword puzzles and subjective opinion. Answer keys are found at the back of each book.

Interest Level: 4-12 Reading Level: 3-4 Help your students develop important life skills with these easy-to-use activities sure to strengthen their abilities in reading, comprehension, and writing! The Newspaper is a great way to help students become more confident and independent as they work through activities involving “real-life” situations. Lessons focus on learning about the makeup of a daily paper, the different sections that comprise the news, and understanding actual news articles. Follow-up questions and extended activities invite creativity and test students’ reading comprehension.

Interest Level: 4-12 Reading Level: 3-4 Help your students develop important life skills with these easy-to-use activities sure to strengthen their abilities in reading, comprehension, and math! Ads & Coupons is a great way to help students become more confident and independent as they work through activities involving “real-life” situations. Students will learn the value of money-saving coupons, of shopping wisely by reading sale ads, and how information about special offers and events can be found in promotional ads. Relevant word problems and follow-up activities focus on everyday applications of these helpful survival skills.

READY-TO-USE, INTERACTIVE GOOGLE SLIDES! Students will become more confident and independent as they practice filling out more than 20 different kinds of forms. Whether filling out a job application or applying for a savings account, students are sure to enjoy these easy-to-use, real-life activities. As students practice filling out forms and answering follow-up questions, they will be improving reading, writing, spelling, and following directions skills. The open-ended activities invite creativity and test comprehension. Forms Include: driver’s license & permit job application birth certificate standardized test form social security card application school admittance form tests schedules car title savings account application apartment application lease agreement change of address form credit application warranty registration student Information practice page and more! These fun, easy-reading life skills lessons are terrific for students of all ages who need practical practice filling out forms. Easy-to-Use: Objectives are clearly stated on each slide making it easy to focus on the skills your students need most. Simply download these Google Slides and assign them to your students. Assign them all, or just a few for today’s lesson! Easy-to-Read: The easy-to-read activities are sure to help students learn to fill out all types of common forms. 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. Reading Level 3-4 Interest Level 3-12

Interest Level: 4-12 Reading Level: 3-4 Help your students develop important life skills with these easy-to-use activities sure to strengthen their abilities in reading, writing and math! Catalogs & Mail Order is a great way to help students become more confident and independent as they work through activities involving real-life situations. Students will get plenty of reading comprehension, writing, and math practice as they learn how to buy merchandise from mail-order catalogs. Activities include: filling out order forms, figuring shipping and handling charges, paying by check and credit card, ordering by mail and telephone, and more!

Three Topics: Anger Management (Understanding Anger); Don’t Bug Me! (Communication Skills); Sticking Up For Number One! (Coping with Peer Pressure). Provide students with the basic skills needed to attain success in school. This series helps to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to become a healthy, productive adult. Each book includes dialogue between characters in a hypothetical difficult situation and discusses various reactions and the likely outcomes from either a positive or negative reaction. Some of the topics students might encounter that are addressed in the series include: Anger Management, Improving Self Concept, How to Handle Stress, Learning How to Study, How to Get Good Grades, Problem Solving, Communication Skills, Recognizing Depression, Career Choices, Peer Pressure and more. Each book includes two or more topics and each is followed by a variety of exercises such as true or false, matching, fill-in-the-blanks, multiple choice, sentence completion, crossword puzzles and subjective opinion. Answer keys are found at the back of each book.

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… 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: 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! 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! 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! 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?