School to Work Skills

This comprehensive School-to Work Skills program focuses on skills correlated with the Department of labor SCANS 2000 guidelines, which detail the necessary skills students must master in order to be prepared for entering the workforce. The complete program consists of 8 reproducible Resources that cover Basic Language Arts, Basic Math, Working in Teams, and Critical and Creative Thinking. A Teacher's Guide Includes pre-and post assessments for the Language Arts and Math Resources, as well as an overall navigation of the program. Features correlation charts that connect each skill covered to SCANS guidelines. The Teacher's Guide is included in the Complete

Basic Language Arts Includes two Resources divided into 5 sections. Incorporates approximately 40 skills, ranging from basic sight words and word attack skills to reading comprehension, grammar, composition, and listening skills. Includes teaching suggestions, skill component worksheets, reproducible drill sheets, enrichment activities, answer keys, and progress charts.

Basic Math Includes 4 Resources covering 55 skills, beginning with foundation skills and progressing to basic number operations, fractions, percents, decimals, and basic geometry. Includes teaching suggestions, skill component worksheets, reproducible drill sheets, answer keys, and progress charts.

Working In Teams Includes 1 Resource divided into 2 sections, middle/high school and student/adult transition, with 38 activities in each. The activities in both sections can be easily modified to meet students' individual needs. The focus of the activities is on using a team situation to practice appropriate interaction with others. Each activity begins with a teacher planning page and a reproducible team worksheet.

Critical And Creative Thinking Includes 1 Resource with a teacher section and reproducible student pages. Students use Bloom's higher-level thinking strategies in a cooperative learning setting to solve over 100 customized, "real life" problems.

This program is ideal for:

• Special Education / Special Needs
• Struggling Learners
• Students-at-Risk
• Learning Disabled
• Remedial Education
• Differentiated Education