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Putting knowledge to work. Comprehension implies the understanding of information and the ability to see basic relationships. The 26 lessons in this unit provide plenty of practice in areas that emphasize comprehension. Students are involved in interpreting verbal and visual communications (A dinosaur “size chart” is provided. “How long was the Tyrannosaurus?”), making comparisons (Using the Table of Contents provided: “Which chapter is shorter?”), and finding relationships with the “big picture” (Using the map of the Lone Star Camp: “Where does the trail from the cabin lead?”). The sequential activities featured here are sure to develop critical thinking skills.

“Synthesis” is the ability to combine parts of a whole in new and different ways. It requires students to think flexibly, determine alternatives, and find new ways to accomplish a given task. A more advanced level of abstract thinking is needed for synthesis. The 25 lessons in this unit encourage students to go beyond the obvious to more original thoughts. Example: An illustration of a bulb connected to a battery is presented. “Electricity is stored in a battery.” Look at the accompanying pictures of batteries, wires, and light bulbs. “Which bulbs do you think will light up?”The sequential activities featured here are sure to develop critical thinking skills.

Promote thinking!Analysis is the ability to break a whole into its component parts and understand how each functions as part of the whole. The ability to reason logically is a major skill at this step of the critical thinking process. The 27 lessons in this unit include a variety of analogies and puzzles. As students work the exercises they learn to examine the whole, make judgments about the pieces, and finally see how these pieces relate to each other.Example: “Hoot. Clang. Creak. Yelp. Whinny…: A door that needs oiling would ____. A hungryHorse would ____. A frightened puppy would ____.”These sequential activities are sure to improve thinking and logic skills. And, because they seem more like games than work, students will have loads of fun.

Exercising thinking skills! “What would you do if…?” Posed with numerous real-life dilemmas, students are encouraged to use forethought and complete sentences to reach and express their own decisions. Four quandary situations are presented in each of the 25 lessons in this learning unit. Three involve what may be considered “real life” problems. The fourth activity is of a humorous nature. Reading Level 3-4

Improve attention span! The 23 visual activities in this popular unit are designed to increase students’ concentration and attention to details. One exercise, for example, includes two versions of a picture – each depicting two boys fishing on a riverbank. Students are challenged to find 10 differences between the drawings. The game-like exercises found here range from hidden objects and memory graphics to word pyramids and categorizations. Children are sure to have loads of fun while stimulating their thinking skills.

This unit is packed with 30 low readability stories about fun and unique careers. The included comprehension exercises are designed to teach students to better understand what they read, to follow directions, and to increase their critical thinking. A variety of jobs are covered in the informative articles that start-off each exercise. The eight comprehension questions that follow each reading exercise work to boost comprehension skills. Reading Level 2 | Interest Level 4-12 30 Jobs Include: - Race Car Driver - Coach - Farmer - Scientist - Dog Groomer - Banker - Clown - Teacher - and more!

This unit is packed with 30 low readability stories about fun and unique careers. The included comprehension exercises are designed to teach students to better understand what they read, to follow directions, and to increase their critical thinking. A variety of jobs are covered in the informative articles that start-off each exercise. The eight comprehension questions that follow each reading exercise work to boost comprehension skills. Reading Level 3 | Interest Level 4-12 30 Jobs Include: - Editor - Waiter - Chef - Butcher - Police Officer - Miner - Jeweler - Pilot - and more!

Reluctant readers of all ages and students reading below grade level are sure to enjoy the high-interest, factual newspaper articles featured in this book. Each article is presented in a realistic and appealing format complete with dateline and picture. Follow-up questions require the reader to respond to the Five W's (who, what, when, where, why) - a great way to boost comprehension skills! Reading levels are achieved through the use of controlled vocabulary, simple sentence structure, and appropriate illustrations. The reading level of stories in this book range from 5.0-5.9.

This life skills unit covers 40 essential survival signs and symbols. Vocabulary words are introduced in context and then reinforced in motivating exercises that emphasize pronunciations and definitions. Interesting stories and real life activities improve problem solving, critical thinking, and writing skills. As students work their way through the exercises, they will gain knowledge that will allow them to become more confident and independent in the real world. Safety Signs & Symbols These are signs intended to help keep you safe and out of harm. The 40 signs covered include: Fire Alarm Danger Caution Fire Escape Poison Safe Place Watch Step and more!

Improve Comprehension ONE-SKILL–at-a-Time! You’re going to LOVE these NO PREP - PAPERLESS ACTIVITIES guaranteed to target and improve specific reading skills! These Google Slides are ideal for distance learning, daily homework, remediation, review, literacy circles, and more! High Interest Topics: Each slide features a funny and/or intriguing short story that students will WANT to read! Cool topics include amazing facts, unusual creatures, silly laws, strange superstitions and more. Following each passage is a text-dependent reading skill question that targets a specific reading skill- Making Inferences. Fun and colorful artwork is included on each slide, to keep kids motivated. Story Length: 45-55 words Reading Level: Gr. 1-3 Interest Level: For students of all ages Easy-to-Use! We’ve done the work for you! With this series you won’t have to waste time searching through stories and activities to find one that targets the skills you need to include in your lesson plan or IEP. Simply add these Google Slides to your Google Drive. Then you can assign specific slides to specific students, or the whole class! Watch students work in real-time, or check their progress later. Easy-to-Read Lessons: These fun, easy-reading lessons are designed for success. These fun activities are designed to appeal to a broad age-range of students who need to work on essential reading skills, and are perfect for enrichment, review or remediation. Main Idea Using Context Finding Facts Drawing Conclusions Making Inferences Detecting Sequence Printing Suggestions: If you prefer, these slides can also be printed. Print full color cards on white paper. Laminate the cards for durability. If you chose to print on color paper, you can use a different color for each skill to help differentiate between each skill. Suggestions for Use: Individual Students: Use these Google Slides/task cards with individual students. If a student is struggling with finding the main idea, for example, give that student the “Main Idea” cards or Google Slide to practice with. Small Groups: Use these Google Slides/cards with small groups. Give each small group a set of cards. Have students take turns reading the stories out loud and answering the questions. Extended Activities: Have students read a story and then create their own questions. Can students create who, what, where, when, why questions from the story? Can other skill-specific questions be asked? What details are missing from the story? Writing Prompts: Use these fun stories as writing prompts. Give each student a card to read. Have students elaborate on the story. Have students complete the story, add to the story, or research the facts. Contents Include: 16 Google Slide

Bring Classic Literature to Life… with “Around the World in 80 Days!” These Interactive Google Slides feature 10 easy-to-read short chapters and introduce students to great classic literature, while improving their comprehension, vocabulary and fluency. Dramatic and expertly-paced narration draws the listener into the classic story… keeping interest high, while students follow along, and then pause to work on activities at the end of each chapter. This high-interest, abridged version of the Jules Verne classic is sure to become a classroom favorite! *** Around the World in 80 Days- Adapted/Abridged Version *** Professional Audio Narration *** Versatile Google Classroom Slides & Printable Pdf Versions *** 10 Easy-to-Read Chapters *** 160 Pre-Reading, Vocabulary & Comprehension Activities EASY-TO-USE: Around the World in 80 Days is an easy way to engage students and bring some excitement to classic literature! Simply download the Google Slides and you’re ready to start using them today! :) INTERACTIVE GOOGLE SLIDES: Students answer comprehension questions directly on the slides- so no paper is needed! In addition, the font size is adjustable, making them easy to read even on a small laptop, iPad, or Chromebook. Story and activities can also be printed. CAPTIVATING SHORT CHAPTERS: Written to excite even the most reluctant reader, this classic story features 10 short, easy-to-ready chapters. Sentences were carefully constructed to ensure students of all abilities are able to read and appreciate this captivating classic. Reading levels were measured using the Fry Readability Scale. Chapters can be read on the Google Slides or printed out as pdfs. DRAMATIC AUDIO & CLASSIC STORY: Listen to the story come to life… with professionally-recorded narration complete with sound effects, character voices and more. Professional actors read each chapter word-for-word, allowing students to follow along - a proven technique to aid comprehension and improve fluency. 100 COMPREHENSION ACTIVITIES: Skill-specific activities include drag and drops, multiple choice, fill-in-the-blanks and more. Activities challenge students’ understanding of the story and focus on main idea, inference, recalling details, critical thinking, and sequencing. 60 PRE-READING VOCABULARY ACTIVITIES: Key words are defined and used in context prior to each chapter to make reading easier and more pleasurable. Activities feature a modified Cloze format and use McGraw-Hill’s Core Vocabulary. EXCITING ILLUSTRATIONS: Exciting illustrations in every chapter help students during pre-reading activities as they visualize what they are reading. Interest Level: Gr. 4 - 12 Reading Level: Gr. 2.0 - 3.0

44 Fun Google Slides sure to help students learn to use Context Clues! Designed for success, these colorful lessons encourage students to use context clues to complete short stories. Step-by-step lessons feature word boxes containing 4 one-syllable and two-syllable words. Altogether, students determine the correct use of 172 words! Young students will gain valuable practice in reading, spelling, vocabulary, fine-motor, and keyboarding skills! Designed for Success: These simple, success-oriented lessons help students to learn with small, step-by-step lessons. Strong Picture-Text Correspondence: Each story is accompanied by a colorful picture that aids in student comprehension and holds student interest. Easy-to-use: Each slide features an easy-to-read short story. Students fill in the blanks with words from the word box at the top of each slide. This activity ensures students slow down and really focus on the words in the word box as well as the words in the story. Afterwards, students re-read each story to see if it their choices make sense. Step-by-Step Lessons: This sequential series starts with easier words and progresses to more difficult two-syllable words. In addition, the stories become progressively longer. As students move through the lessons, an additional question is added to the end of some stories to further their test comprehension of the story content. Grade Level: 2 Interest Level: 1-4 Contents Include: PDF Download (with Link to Slides) 44 Google Slides Answer Key

Life Skills | Cooking Methods | Kitchen Terms | Recipes | Functional Vocabulary | Independent Living | Special Ed | 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 easy-to-use task cards are great for daily instruction, performance monitoring, transition programs, assessment, and review. Ideal for students of all ages. VISUALLY-EXCITING & HANDS-ON LESSONS: Strong visual cues and dynamic photos are sure to captivate students while reinforcing learning. Short, easy-to-read lessons are sure to keep things enjoyable. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Includes: 41 printable pages Answer Key For Students of All Ages Reading Level: Grades 3 - 4 Interest Level: Grades 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 Safety | Cooking Safety | Oven, Stovetop & Microwave Safety | Food Prep Safety | Knife Safety | Kitchen Fires | Google Slides Activities. 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 Oven Safety Stove Top Safety Microwave Safety Knife Safety Kitchen Fire Safety Food Safety Small Appliance Safety 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. From learning the safest way to use an oven, stovetop, or microwave, to handling food safely, and even knife safety… 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. These digital Google lessons can also be downloaded as pdf’s, and Powerpoint presentations. EASY TO USE! These Google Slides lessons are ready when you are! Simply download them to your Google Drive and assign them to your students! Includes: 50 Google Slides Answer Key

Life Skills | Kitchen Safety | Cooking | Food Prep | Knife Safety | First Aid | Fire Extinguisher | Food Poisoning | Hand Washing | 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 slides). TOPICS INCLUDE: Fire-Safe Clothing Hand Washing Techniques Burns & Scalding Knife Safety & Getting Cut First Aid for Burns, Cuts & more Chopping Board Safety Salmonella Food Poisoning How to Use a Fire Extinguisher Putting Out a Grease Fire 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 NO TYPING… making them ideal for daily lessons, review, progress monitoring, enrichment, quiz games, and task cards. All activities are Drag & Drop! 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.

Reading Comprehension | Social Studies | Fiction/Nonfiction Pairing | First Americans 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. “First Americans” The nonfiction story sets up the fiction story with interesting facts about the history of the first people who lived in North America, some more than 40,000 years ago. They lived here long before Spanish and other European explorers “discovered” America. “Gathering Firewood” The fiction story tells about two Native American brothers and their first sighting of the big ships that would forever change their way of life. 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 370 words and is written at a 3.8 to 5.1 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

Life Skills | Reading Menus | Reading Recipes | Visual Lessons | Cooking Prepare students for the ‘real world’ with these realistic reading opportunities! Whether ordering pizza, sitting in the drive-thru, or making dinner in your kitchen, reading menus and recipes is a part of everyday life. However, some students need specific instruction and practice before they are able to understand, interpret, and use what they have read in these unique and complex formats. These appetizing lessons are a great way to help students master these essential skills. Contents Include: 10 Full-Color, Realistic Menus or Recipe Cards (measure 8.5"x11"). Print these or display them on your whiteboard or digital device. 10 Black/White, Realistic Menu or Recipe Cards (for easy printing) 100 Follow-Up Comprehension Questions This visually exciting unit provides the practice students need to build confidence, while increasing reading comprehension and essential life skills. Each of the 10 highly visual “cards” portray a specific real-life reading challenge. Follow-up questions require students to refer back to the card as they read, interpret, and use the information. Great for individual students or small groups! Reading Level: 3 - 4 Interest Level: 4 - 12