Aligning Life Skills to Academics Program
by Attainment Company
650 Life skill lessons with matching worksheets
This life skill program provides 650 lesson plans and 650 corresponding student worksheets aligned directly to the general education curricula of: math, science/health, social studies and language arts.
The life skill lessons can be taught in as little as five minutes and the worksheets completed in class or assigned as homework. A great way for teachers to address life skills in the general classroom and for special education teachers to align life skills instruction to the general education curricula.
This program consists of three components:
- Document Software Tool CD – Easy-to-use quick access to 1300 life skill lessons and worksheets, plus create student or class files containing especially relevant lessons and worksheets.
- Two printed Directories for the Life Skill Lessons and the Worksheets – Photocopiable books that give you a quick method to review the content or share it with other teachers/parents.
Sample Life Skills Alignment
| Math | Social Studies | Science/Health | Expressive Literacy | Receptive Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Budgeting | Asking someone for a date | Caring for hair and teeth | Addressing an envelope | Dealing with criticism |
| Calculating quantities | Being part of a team | Caring for pets | Apologising gracefully | Finding a book in the library |
| Counting money | Carrying money safely | Conserving electricity | Being positive | Finding emergency numbers |
| Estimating travel time | Crossing the street safely | Dieting sensibly | Completing a job application | Following written directions |
This program includes:
- Aligning Life Skills to Academics: Worksheet Directory – An indexed directory with 650 worksheets
- Life Skill Lessons book – Includes all 650 activities
- Printable PDF files for the worksheets and activities
- Document Software tool for managing the files
By Dr. Ellen McPeek Glisan, a veteran life skill teacher and successful author.
Document Software Tool on Win/Mac CD with a Classroom Licence for printouts.
Directories are covered spiral-bound books, Life Skill Lessons 230 pgs., Aligning Worksheet Directory 180 pgs., 2008.
View/Download
- Table of Contents and sample pages of Life Skill Lessons (1.2 MB)
- Table of Contents and sample pages of Worksheet Directory (1.5 MB)
- Sample Aligning Life Skills to Academics worksheets (836 KB)
Aligning Life Skills to Academics Program is targeted at the following age ranges:
- Adult
Aligning Life Skills to Academics Program is designed to foster development in the areas of:
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- Life Skills
- Resource preparation
- Science
- SOSE
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