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.
Grab your students' attention with these fun, thematic units! Each unit includes 24 activities that use science topics to reinforce other skills in all subjects such as reading, writing, language, math, and much more!
Skills Covered Include:
- Vocabulary
- Cause & Effects
- Critical Thinking
- Cooperative Learning
- Comprehension
- Graphing
- Sequencing
- Following Directions
- Visual Discrimination
- Elapsed Time
- Categorizing
- and more!
The 6 Titles in this Bundle Include:
The Five Senses
Insects
Plants
Sea Life
Space
Weather
Seeking out more information. From “Rocks and Minerals” to “Butterflies” and “Planets,” this book presents over 100 “science” topics for students to research. Each category presents a word search puzzle from which students choose a specific research topic. (“Mollusks: Sea Slug. Oyster. Squid. Octopus…”) A series of statements follow, encouraging students to find specific information. (“Describe its appearance.” “Its young are born _____.”)To put what they have learned to use, guidelines for the structure of a report are included.
Promote students' thinking skills with the 22 dictionary and writing activities in this book. Each exercise spotlights an associated group of science topics – from “layers of the earth” to “spiny skinned invertebrate animals” to “spheres in nature.” The “Webbing” technique used throughout the book involves writing each featured word in one of the ovals provided, counting syllables, alphabetizing the words, using the words to answer questions, writing definitions, using them in sentences, locating requested words/terms using an encyclopedia, and more.
From Dust Storms and Glaciers to Tsunamis and Droughts, this lesson unit explores 13 different natural phenomena. Students are challenged to increase their comprehension skills by reading the information-packed stories, then answer questions and work the crossword puzzles that follow. Students read-and-learn oodles of insightful facts. They will learn, for example, that thousands of tons of dust can be lifted by a storm that boasts 25 miles-an-hour winds. Reading Level 3-4
Make science class a blast with these fun, easy-to-do experiments using materials found in the kitchen, garage, or garbage can!
Investigations cover physical science principles such as heat and light energy, metal conductivity, magnets, and more. Life science concepts include experiments in touch, taste, smell, central nervous system, reaction time, sight, and more. Earth science features concepts dealing with air and water.
Contents Include:
- 60 Experiments Plus Extension Activities
- Glossary
- Letter to Parents
- Science Awards
The 4 Titles in this Bundle Include:
Earth Science
Physical Science
Life Science: Human Body
Life Science: Biology
Grade Level: 4-8
Make science class a blast with these fun, easy-to-do experiments using everyday materials found around the home or classroom! These inquiry-based science activities help students discover interesting facts about gravity, magnetism, and electricity. Contents include 15 experiments plus extension activities, glossary, letter to parents, and science awards. 39 pages.
Experiments Include:
Floating Paper Clip
Magnetizing a Nail
Balancing Forks
The Impaled Potato
and Much More!
Grade Level: 4-8
Make science class a blast with these fun, easy-to-do experiments using everyday materials found around the home or classroom! These inquiry-based science activities help students discover interesting facts about the properties of air and water. Contents include 15 experiments plus extension activities, glossary, letter to parents, and science awards. 39 pages.
Experiments Include:
Melting Ice Cube
Balancing Balloons
Egg in the Bottle
Mixing Oil & Water
and Much More!
Grade Level: 4-8
Make science class a blast with these fun, easy-to-do experiments using everyday materials found around the home or classroom! These inquiry-based science activities help students discover interesting facts about plants, food, bacteria, cells, seed germination, and more. Contents include 15 experiments plus extension activities, glossary, letter to parents, and science awards. 40 pages.
Experiments Include:
Soda Fountain
Starch Test
Sponge Garden
Sugar Secret Code
and Much More!
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
Reading Comprehension | Science | Fiction/Nonfiction Pairing | Volcanoes
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.
“Volcanoes”
The nonfiction story sets up the fiction story by giving the dramatic facts about what happens when a volcano erupts.
“Last Day in Pompeii”
The fiction story tells about the day the ancient city of Pompeii was destroyed by a volcano through the voice of a young slave girl.
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 | 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 | Science | Fiction/Nonfiction Pairing | The Night Sky
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.
“The Night Sky”
This nonfiction story sets up the fiction story with interesting facts about the planets and stars we see in the night sky.
“A Little Cosmic Dust”
The fiction story tells about a young boy’s fascination with the stars and his hope to discover some “cosmic dust” that may have come from outer space!
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 340 and 350 words and is written at a 3.7 to 4.5 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 | Ecosystems
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.
“Ecosystems”
The nonfiction story sets up the fiction story with interesting facts about different types of ecosystems, how they work, and the importance of keeping food webs intact.
“Everything is Connected”
The fiction story tells about a grandfather who explains the importance of maintaining food chains and food webs to his granddaughter through a story about the scarcity of a bird called the Clark’s nutcracker.
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 320 and 330 words and is written at a 3.6 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 | Science | Fiction/Nonfiction Pairing | Camouflage
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.
“Camouflage”
The nonfiction story sets up the fiction story with interesting facts the kinds of animals that use camouflage to keep from being attacked and eaten.
“The Lonely Chameleon”
The fiction story tells about the life of a chameleon and what happens when he changes his colors to either blend in or stand out.
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
274 GOOGLE SLIDES GUARANTEED TO CAPTURE AND HOLD STUDENTS’ INTEREST! Does a hurricane really have an eye? How fast are tornadoes? Can a tarantula kill a person? How big is a baby giraffe? Can porcupines really shoot their quills? Is Pluto a planet? How old is the sun?
These fascinating high-interest / low reading level Google Slides stories & specific comprehension activities, are sure to capture readers’ attention… even the most reluctant readers! Colorful, vivid illustrations bring these stories to life while specific reading skills activities ensure students are getting valuable practice. From tarantulas to tornadoes, these are stories your students will WANT to read!
NO-PREP GOOGLE SLIDES
These easy-to-use Google Slides are ready to go! Just download them and you’re ready to start assigning them to your students. Assign the entire set or just today’s lesson!
FASCINATING NON FICTION SCIENCE TOPICS:
Written at a low reading level, these fascinating stories will motivate students of all ages and help them become more fluent, confident readers while simultaneously improving their general science knowledge.
FASCINATING HIGH-INTEREST TOPICS:
Does a hurricane really have an eye?
How fast are tornadoes?
Why do earthquakes happen?
What’s a smokejumper?
Can a boa constrictor climb a tree?
Can a tarantula kill a person?
What causes a solar eclipse?
Is Pluto a planet?
How old is the sun?
How big is a baby giraffe?
Can I run faster than a moose?
Can porcupines really shoot their quills?
What’s the difference between an alligator and a crocodile?
AND MUCH, MUCH MORE!!!
SPECIFIC READING SKILLS PRACTICE:
Specific reading skills get a workout as students answer targeted reading comprehension questions. Each skill is clearly labeled for easy assessment and review.
SPECIFIC READING SKILLS FOCUS:
Reading for Details
Finding Facts
Cause & Effect
Drawing Conclusions
Compare & Contrast
Sequencing Events
Making Inferences
Classifying Information
Fact vs. Opinion
Vocabulary Enrichment
Sentence Writing
Two Subjects in One! High-Interest Reading AND Science!
These Versatile Lessons are designed to help you improve reading comprehension while ALSO improving students’ science knowledge!
SCIENCE-BASED READING SERIES:
This set of Google Slides is part of our new Science-based High-Interest Reading Series. These stories focus on fascinating topics from Life Science, Space Science, & Earth Science.
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. The worksheets are ready to print and use too!
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.
Your students will love these engaging DIGITAL Google Slides lessons! They’re perfect for students of all ages as daily homework, skill practice, remediation, review, and distance learning.
Includes:
274 GOOGLE SLIDES
COLORFUL ARTWORK
ANSWER KEYS
These high-interest, 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!
Students will read 12 short stories all about oceans. Each story introduces vocabulary words to know and is followed by a comprehension question.
18 Additional Activities Cover:
- counting
- context clues
- following directions
- critical thinking skills
- alphabetizing
- finding details
- vocabulary
- math word problems
- grammar
- comprehension
- map reading
- graphing
- drawing solutions
- thinking skills
- and more!
These high-interest, 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!
Students will read 12 short stories all about weather. Each story introduces vocabulary words to know and is followed by a comprehension question.
18 Additional Activities Cover:
- counting
- context clues
- following directions
- critical thinking skills
- alphabetizing
- finding details
- vocabulary
- math word problems
- grammar
- comprehension
- map reading
- graphing
- drawing solutions
- thinking skills
- and more!
These high-interest, 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!
Students will read 12 short stories all about deserts and desert animals. Each story introduces vocabulary words to know and is followed by a comprehension question.
18 Additional Activities Cover:
- counting
- context clues
- following directions
- critical thinking skills
- alphabetizing
- finding details
- vocabulary
- math word problems
- grammar
- comprehension
- map reading
- graphing
- drawing solutions
- thinking skills
- and more!
A real comprehension builder! Written information, graphics, and learning activities focusing on more than 70 different animals can be found in this 24-lesson unit. Each worksheet features three creatures. Students match a written description with pictures, then answer related questions. Additional research activities are suggested.
Example:
Partridge - Panda - Pike
I am very rare. I live in the bamboo forest of southern China. I have a white, chubby body. My legs, ears, and shoulders are black. I have black patches around each eye. What is my name?”
As students learn facts about a wide variety animals, they will enhance their reading and comprehension skills. Two overall review pages are included and can be used as pre/post tests.
