How Good of a Detective are YOU??? Teachers and Students LOVE our Mini Mysteries Stories, and here’s your chance to try one out! Best of all, it’s our interactive Google Slides version- terrific for in-class AND virtual learning! This engaging “whodunit” is followed by specific questions that encourage fact-finding, analyzing, making inferences, and predicting outcomes… all to help students ultimately solve the mystery! (see the product preview) VERSATILE MULTIMEDIA MYSTERY & ACTIVITIES: Listen… as the story comes to life with professional narration, sound effects, mood music and more! Students are sure to be engaged as they listen while reading along to the story. Want it to be a reading comprehension activity? The audio tracks can easily be removed from each slide. Want it to be a listening comprehension activity? The full audio track is also included- allowing you to play the full story for the entire class. Either way, students will be having so much fun, they won’t realize they are improving their reading comprehension, critical thinking, AND listening skills! EASY-TO-USE: Mini Mysteries is an easy way to engage students and bring some excitement to reading! Simply download the Google Slides and you’re ready to start using them today! :) COLORFUL & INTERACTIVE: Each colorful slide is professionally illustrated to keep kids intrigued while creating a strong picture-text correspondence- (proven to improve comprehension). Students answer comprehension questions directly on the slides. In addition, the font is large, making them easy to read even on a small laptop, iPad, or Chromebook. “SO… HOW GOOD OF A DETECTIVE ARE YOU???” After reading the intriguing mystery and answering key questions, it’s time to follow the clues and solve the mystery… It’s time to find out, “How Good of a Detective are YOU?” Reading Level: 2-3 Interest Level: 2-6 Skills Covered Include: Draw conclusions Express an opinion Predict the outcome of a story Read for details Understand character traits Understand the meaning of words and ideas Use logic to solve problems

Taking on compound words! This book of five boldly illustrated game board lessons challenges students to match words together to create compounds (back + bone = backbone). While playing the challenging word games, students get plenty of practice mastering formation and use of compound words. A student contract, a pre/post test, and eight practice/review exercises are included. This 40-page unit includes an answer key.

Taking on antonyms! This book of five boldly illustrated game board lessons challenges students to match up words with opposite meanings (thick/thin, find/lose, push/pull). While playing the challenging word games, students get plenty of practice understanding and using antonyms. A student contract, a pre/post test and seven practice/review exercises are included. This 40-page unit includes an answer key.

Knowing how to measure time in terms of days, weeks, months and years is an important life skill. Students will have a great time as they learn to recognize the names of the months and their association to the seasons of the year. A variety of creative activities help students learn the days of the week, months of the year, abbreviations, number of days in each month, holiday dates, season, and more! So help your students get off to a good start with this fun and essential basic-skills book. Enjoy!

Solving creative math problems! This lesson unit focuses on basic, child-friendly addition, subtraction, and multiplication problems. Example: “The grapes looked delicious! A bag of grapes was $3.82. If the apples were $2.04, how much more were the grapes?”Each of the 25 lessons in this book features five word problems that surround themes ranging from “The Pickle Sale” to “My Marble Collection.” While improving practical math solving skills, students are exposed to textbook instructions.

Help your students develop important survival skills while improving their reading, writing, spelling and vocabulary! This practical book is filled with easy-to-use activities that focus on essential vocabulary and real-life situations to help students become more confident and independent. Key words are introduced, then reinforced through step-by-step exercises emphasizing word pronunciation, definitions, spelling, handwriting, problem solving, and more! A terrific way to help your students acquire vital life skills! Words Include: vocation, attorney, electrician, dental assistant, lab technician, cardiologist, retirement plan, and many more. Interest Level 7-12 | Reading Level 4-5 Contents Include: - 9 Lessons - Activities that cover jobs in health care, construction, education, and much more - Answer key - And more! Skills Covered Include: - Apply information - Choose the correct word - Expand vocabulary - Understand meaning of words and ideas - Use context clues - Use dictionary and glossary skills - Develop life/survival skills - Find relevant facts - Spell correctly - Understand and use reference sources - Analyze information - Write an original sentence - Classify information - Determine alphabetical order - Express/justify an opinion - Make decisions/choices

Teach your students how to create and interpret charts, graphs, and tables. This unit includes more than 40 hands-on activities that require interpreting and creating visual presentations of facts and information. As students work the lessons found here, they will become acquainted with a wide variety of tables and charts. They will practice creating graphs and transferring written information to a graph. Finally, students are given situations calling for the gathering of information, the organizing of it, and the creation of tables and graphs using it. Learning comes full circle. Blank tables and graphs are also provided so that you and your students can tally your own unique data. Includes: - tables - pictographs - bar graphs - double bar graphs - histograms - bar graphs - grids - pie charts - line graphs - time lines

Developing observation! Packed into this unit are 22 creatively illustrated lessons. Each boasts a drawing of a real-life situation complete with familiar objects. From “a visit to the ice cream parlor” to “a busy street corner,” students are given time to absorb the visual information from each picture. After putting the image aside, 12 questions are asked about what was depicted and students are asked to draw something they remember. Plenty of observation practice will be had by all as thinking and comprehension skills are given a workout.

Do your students struggle with solving math word problems? This unique step-by-step solution gives students the tools to understand word problems and actually enjoy working them! With the help of just 6 easy-to-follow steps, students are able to break apart word problems and figure out the solutions. There are four levels of practice for the word problems in this unit. As the levels progress, they challenge students to apply the skills they learned in previous levels while learning new ones. This process will help students master problem solving. Word Problems Include: - addition - subtraction - multiplication - division - money - time - distance - measurement

Knowing signs, symbols, and directions is essential for students who are trying to expand their knowledge outside the classroom into the “real world.” These flash cards present words and symbols that students will encounter in their everyday lives. This instant download features 94 full-color flash cards that include bold graphics and simple, easy-to-understand definitions, which makes these ideal for students of all ability levels. A must-have addition for any life skills class. This 24-page download includes 94 flash cards and activity suggestions. Simply print the file double-sided so that the definitions for each sign are on the back side. Signs & Symbols Include: - Bus Stop - Caution Automatic Door - Bike Crossing - Hospital - Camping Area - Detour - Elevator - Caution - Do Not Enter - Fire Department - Flammable - Fragile - No Parking - No Smoking - Out of Order - Poison - Police - Restroom - Recycle - and Many More!

From calculating discounts to calculating parts of a whole to calculating sales tax, percents are a part of everyday life. This unit focuses entirely on the use of percents in real-life situations. As students work through the activities, they will take their knowledge of percents to a new, practical level. Students use advertisements, menus, and coupons to figure out word problems that involve purchasing items on sale and figuring sales tax. Tax tables help students learn to figure income tax and net pay. Circle graphs help students visualize percents as coming from a whole. Drill pages give students extra practice with percents. Working these practice problems will help students develop the skills necessary for a solid understanding of percents as percents relate to daily life. Skill Covered: - Changing Percents to Decimals - How to Figure Percents – Discounts & Sales Tax - Figuring Percents & Prices - Figuring Prices & Sales Tax - Taxes & the Government - Coupons & Percents - Percents & Circle Graphs - Percent Word Problems

Teach essential sequencing skills the "hands-on" way with this fun and highly effective skill-based book! Exercises begin at a basic level where students manipulate language by cutting and pasting short stories into meaningful sequence. Activities then progress to a level where students are required to copy short stories in proper sequence. Finally, students formulate original sentences and write them in meaningful sequence. Sequencing is a prerequisite skill necessary for accurate comprehension, drawing conclusions, and predicting outcomes. So give your students a solid foundation on which to build with this delightful and essential book!

Practicing penmanship! Each of the 44 lessons in this unit are designed so students can learn useful information while practicing good cursive handwriting and improving near-point copying skills. The workbook pages have been sequentially arranged by difficulty – beginning with one-sentence copying activities and ending with 50-word paragraph copying. Each exercise boasts a different topic, from “famous quotes” and “inventions” to “manners” and “nutrition.” Research suggests that writing information in addition to reading the information improves the chances that the information will be understood and remembered. 52 pages.

Help your students develop important survival skills while improving their reading, writing, spelling and vocabulary! This practical book is filled with easy-to-use activities that focus on essential vocabulary and real-life situations to help students become more confident and independent. Key words are introduced, then reinforced through step-by-step exercises emphasizing word pronunciation, definitions, spelling, handwriting, problem solving, and more! A terrific way to help your students acquire vital life skills! Words Include: resume, employer, social security, qualified, salary, interview, overtime, supervisor, and many more. Interest Level 7-12 | Reading Level 4-5 Contents Include: - 7 Lessons - Activities that cover abbreviations, personal data, job applications, paychecks, safety, and much more - Answer key Skills Covered Include: - Apply information - Choose the correct word - Expand vocabulary - Understand meaning of words and ideas - Use context clues - Develop life/survival skills - Write an original sentence - Understand consumer information - Spell correctly - Apply math to real-life situations

Help your students develop important survival skills while improving their reading, writing, spelling and vocabulary! This practical book is filled with easy-to-use activities that focus on essential vocabulary and real-life situations to help students become more confident and independent. Key words are introduced, then reinforced through step-by-step exercises emphasizing word pronunciation, definitions, spelling, handwriting, problem solving, and more! A terrific way to help your students acquire vital life skills! Words Include: fitness, leisure, nutrition, acne, hygiene, deodorant, shampoo, poisonous, aspirin, and many more. Interest Level 7-12 | Reading Level 4-5 Contents Include: - 9 Lessons - Activities that cover dental health, hygiene, healthy eating, grooming, first aid, and much more - Answer key Skills Covered Include: - Apply information - Choose the correct word - Expand vocabulary - Understand meaning of words and ideas - Use context clues - Use dictionary and glossary skills - Develop life/survival skills - Find relevant facts - Analyze information - Write an original sentence - Classify information - Make decisions/choices - Develop consumer skills - Understand consumer information - Evaluate information

Help your students develop important survival skills while improving their reading, writing, spelling and vocabulary! This practical book is filled with easy-to-use activities that focus on essential vocabulary and real-life situations to help students become more confident and independent. Key words are introduced, then reinforced through step-by-step exercises emphasizing word pronunciation, definitions, spelling, handwriting, problem solving, and more! A terrific way to help your students acquire vital life skills! Words Include: driver's manual, detour, pedestrian, tenant, vacancy, lease agreement, merchandise, reimburse, and many more. Interest Level 7-12 | Reading Level 4-5 Contents Include: - 7 Lessons - Activities that cover learning to drive, filing an accident report, coupons, newspaper, insurance, and more - Answer key - And more! Skills Covered Include: - Apply information - Choose the correct word - Expand vocabulary - Understand meaning of words and ideas - Use context clues - Use dictionary and glossary skills - Develop consumer skills - Find relevant facts - Understand and use reference sources - Understand consumer information - Analyze information - Fill out forms correctly

Reluctant readers of all ages are sure to have fun while they improve their reading skills with Mini Mysteries. Kids love a good mystery, and they won't be disappointed with the 26 "who-dunits" detective Sam Sherlock encounters in this reading comprehension-listening-thinking skills book. Question pages encourage fact-finding, analyzing, predicting outcomes, and more! 56 pages.Please note: Contains some mysteries that may be more appropriate for mature students. Reading Level 2.6-5.3 | Interest Level Grades 3-12

Help your students develop important life skills with these easy-to-use activities sure to strengthen their abilities in reading, writing, spelling and following directions! Filling Out Forms 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 filling out forms while follow-up questions and open-ended activities invite creativity and test their comprehension. Forms include: driver's license, job application, birth certificate, standardized test form, social security card application, school admittance form, and more! Reading Level 3-4

Give your students a clear understanding of the body systems with this comprehensive and informative unit! From the “skull” to the “feet” and “tendons” to “tissue,” students will learn about human bones and muscles in this 28-lesson unit. As students gain a better understanding of the human body, they enhance their reading and comprehension skills. Examples: - How many ribs do people have? - What are the number of bones found in the human foot? - What is the difference between “voluntary muscle” and “involuntary muscle?” - What does cartilage actually do? Contents Include: - Glossary - Preview Pages - Vocabulary Lists - Informative Readings - Fact pages - Diagrams - Experiments - Crossword puzzle and word search that can be used as pre/post tests Reading Level 3-4 | Interest Level 5-12

This wonderful collection of 12 fables features activities sure to develop critical thinking skills and promote maximum comprehension. Each illustrated story is followed by a crossword puzzle plus questions based on Bloom’s Taxonomy and labeled according to a targeted skill/thinking level. The many morals and lessons throughout provide opportunities to work on character building. This 48-page book also includes graphic organizers and a skills chart. Reading Level 3-4 | Interest Level 3-6 Contents Include: - 12 Fables - Comprehension Questions - Cross Word Puzzles - Story Map - Venn Diagram - Story Sequence - Chart of Skills - Suggestions for Use - Answer Key