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
Each fascinating book in this bundle contains intriguing short stories, extended writing activities, and comprehension activities. The specific reading skills focused on include: finding main ideas, locating answers, detecting sequences, vocabulary and word analysis, finding facts, making inferences, and more.
To build reading confidence, the stories have been arranged sequentially - from lowest reading levels to the highest.
Reading Level 1.8-4.0 | Grade Level 4+
All of the materials in this bundle are sold separately on TpT. Follow the links below to read detailed descriptions for each title.
The 3 Titles in this Bundle Include:
Amazing Facts:
fascinating facts about animals, minerals, sports, history, etc. Reading Level: 2-4
Famous People, Places & Events:
Disneyland, H.G. Wells, Hurricane, Stonehenge, etc. Reading Level: 1.8-3.8
Outstanding Americans:
stories about African, Hispanic, Asian, and Native Americans. Reading Level: 3-4
Rosa Parks, Cesar Chavez, Chief Joseph, and others are featured in this fascinating 64-page book! Reluctant readers of all ages and those reading below grade level are sure to have fun while they improve their reading skills with Outstanding Americans.
Students' enthusiasm will skyrocket with this series of articles about outstanding Americans and their accomplishments. Friendly and informative, these high-interest stories focus on diverse Americans who have made significant contributions to society. Following each nonfiction article are detailed activities designed to improve essential reading comprehension and writing skills. This high-interest/low-readability book is a terrific way to build basic skills while enhancing students' appreciation of cultural diversity.
29 Outstanding Americans Include:
Marian Anderson
Phillis Wheatley
Scott Joplin
Alex Haley
Barbara Jordan
Jesse Owens
Wilma Rudolph
George Washington Carver
Lena Horne
Booker T. Washington
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Daniel “Chappie” James
Mary McLeod Bethune
Rosa Lee Parks
Sojourner Truth
Oprah Winfrey
Tiger Woods
Roberto Clemente
César Chávez
Nancy Lopez
Dr. Louis Ballard
Jim Thorpe
Chief Joseph
Daniel Inouye
An Wang
John Yeh
Michelle Kwan
Sacagawea
Gloria Estefan
Reading Level 3-4 | Grade Level 4+
Spice up your basic math program at The Hamburger Hut!
This fun and effective book teaches the basics of multiplication and division through the use of real-life restaurant situations. Students will have a great time as they use the colorful fold-out menu (included) to figure costs when spending money on everything from hamburgers to onion rings! Skill pages offer plenty of practice with computation and word problems. Also included are restaurant checks, tax tables, role-playing suggestions, objectives, post tests, and more! So help your students understand the practical reasons for learning math while they learn to add and subtract with this motivating and solidly-conceived book. Enjoy!
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.
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
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!
Appreciating other lands and cultures. The history, language, customs, and cultures of Russia, China, India, Japan, the Philippines, and Thailand are all topics covered in this informative book. As students learn about these far off places and work the accompanying activities, they will build comprehension. The 30 illustrated exercises here enhance learning with information-packed stories about each country. The “space race” between Russia and the U.S. is covered, as is an explanation of why Japan is called the “land of the rising sun.” There is even a lesson on Chinese symbols. Learning has never been so much fun.Reading Level 3
Designed to give students practice reading and writing necessary beginning sight words, this unit incorporates skills of following directions, comprehension, application, logic, and reasoning.
Difficulty increases as students move through the 30 activities. Appealing art and multiple skills are combined with the challenge of rebus sentences, picture keys, and a simple vocabulary to encourage meaningful use of color and number words.
A Visual Approach to Improve:
- Following Directions
- Comprehension
- Application
- Reasoning
- Sight Word Vocabulary
These activities are intended for use after students have been introduced to the color and number word vocabulary.
Embracing and understanding cultural differences. From information about America’s regional Indian tribes, to the languages, symbols, and legends of the Native American culture, this book’s cross-curriculum activities will teach students about this country’s “First Americans.”
Activities here include reading, comprehension, language arts, math, social studies, critical thinking, following directions, and listening skills.
Contents Include:
- History of the America's First People (short stories & comprehension questions)
- Native American Cookbook
- Games
- Crafts
- Math Activity
- Research Activity
- Teacher Instructions
Reading Level 3-4 | Interest Level 4-8
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.
Appreciating other lands and cultures. The history, language, customs, and cultures of Greece, Holland, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, and Austria are all topics covered in this informative book. As students learn about these far off places and work the accompanying activities, they will build comprehension. The 30 illustrated exercises here enhance learning with information-packed stories about each country. The Greek history of the Olympic Games is covered, as is a recipe for German Potato Salad. There is even a lesson on the Holidays in Holland. Learning has never been so much fun.Reading Level 3
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 5 | Interest Level 4-12
30 Jobs Include:
- President
- Electrician
- Travel Agent
- Camera Operator
- Veterinanrian
- DJ
- Realtor
- Detective
- 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 4 | Interest Level 4-12
30 Jobs Include:
- Librarian
- Lawyer
- Truck Driver
- Mechanic
- Astronaut
- Paramedic
- Architect
- Florist
- and more!
Reluctant readers of all ages and students reading below grade level are sure to enjoy these high-interest, factual newspaper articles.
Each "newspaper 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.
Reading Level 1-5 | Interest Level 4-12
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 the stories in this book is 1st Grade.
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.
These high-interest, comprehensive, and easy-to-use activities will introduce students to police officers, firemen, nurses, doctors, teachers, librarians, and more!
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 community helpers. 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!
Putting things in order! This lesson unit features 24, dinosaur-themed, jigsaw puzzle exercises. A short information-packed description of each extinct creature starts things off. Students then cut out the pieces of the accompanying puzzles and paste them together in sequential order. Finally, children are challenged to answer questions about each dinosaur using the information they read. Designed to improve visual perception, writing, vocabulary, fine motor, and sequencing skills, two dozen dinosaurs are spotlighted – from “anchicerotops” to “triceratops.” Fun is sure to be had by all.