Emily Gage

We assume that students learn cash handling skills, skip counting, and how to make change early in elementary school, but that's not entirely true. I prepare high school students for life beyond the school walls and ensure they have the life and career skills to be successful; they need cash skills. Everyone needs cash skills. From 3rd grade to adults, this comprehensive unit will meet your needs. The unit covers the following: Identifying coins and dollars - noticing qualities and difference

As a Track and Field Throwing Coach and a full-time teacher, I need to stay organized and quickly pull together workouts for my athletes. This PDF contains 70 individual exercises that can be printed, cut, laminated, and stored on a binder ring. Pick out what you need for the daily workout: mix and match weights, medicine ball, resistance bands, plyometrics, sprints, agility, and body-weight exercises. These exercises focus on the strength, core, rotation, speed, and agility that throwers

The Resume Writing Unit is a comprehensive lesson kit. It contains 38 engaging PowerPoint slides with built-in interactive discussions, group work, and pauses for practice and student activities. The progression leads students from learning about different types of resumes & their uses, identifying key parts of a resume, and then into the details of each resume section. The packet also includes extra organizational tips and activities to collect and store your resume and employment history.

Even a seasoned Track Coach needs a guide - I did. This 60-page Discus Guide for coaches leads you through 40 progressive skill-building drills for discus throwers. It includes the release, stance, ring awareness, balance, progressive techniques, mental preparation, and warm-up guides.

In the day and age of the internet and cell phones, it's more important than ever to cultivate community and in-person communication skills. We also need to be mindful of the needs of our young-adult students; they require employment opportunitiesclose to home and school. They need the small businesses that their families know and trust, as well as the skills to gain employment. This unit was developed for my high school work skills class. It takes them away from their phone and computers and

Even a seasoned Track Coach needs a guide - I did. This 60-page Shot Put Guide for coaches leads you through 40 progressive skill-building drills for discus throwers. It includes the release, stance, ring awareness, balance, progressive techniques, mental preparation, and warm-up guides.

This unit is embedded in the "Cash Skill Unit", but it can stand alone, as well. Making Change leads with a refresher in counting up to subtract, or locating the different quickly and easily as we count from one number to the next. There is explicit instruction, time for noticing, and then practice. There is a gradual release of group practice, partner work, and independent work. The unit also includes a set of scripted role-play cards, where students can practice being a cashier and a c

This comprehensive lesson packet leads students through the job application process with pause points for discussion, interactions, and activities. It includes the necessary vocabulary, guided application sections, and practice applications. ***The lesson has a built-in mini- lesson to help students develop their own signature and practice signing their nameThe lesson directs students to follow-up on applications and includes scripts to practice and roll-play. The lesson culminates with a 10-

Much like having a lesson plan, I appreciate going into the season with a coaching plan. If you've already started your season, never fear, this will STILL help. This 40-page Track and Field Coaching Plan is specifically for Throwers and encompasses a 12-week season. The plan leads you through a week-by-week progression. Week 1 is conditioning, week 2 is intro to throws, weeks 3 through 5 are pre-competition. Weeks 6-10 are regular season meet workouts, and weeks 11 & 12 are the build

14 fun and engaging games for your team to warm up or cool down. Games include whistle sprints (with variations), tag games, relays, and follow-the-leader games. Each game comes with instructions, a materials list, rules, tips, variations, and coaching cues. The materials are simple: note cards, pool noodles, relay batons, a timer, and cones; the instructions are easy follow. Two pages per game - print them double-sided, laminate, and tuck them in your coaching binder. Keep practice fun!

Many students aren't learning cursive, and they are unsure about "signatures." As a result, many students will print their names instead of a true signature. To prepare my students for their next steps in the "big wide world", I wanted to help them craft their own personal signatures. This lesson is designed to review the definition of a signature, view signature examples, view & practice cursive lettering, and develop a signature. The lesson packet includes a 4-page PDF worksheet that can

Grab your 1-100 Number Sheet and your coins! Skip counting doesn't come naturally to everyone, although it is an essential skill. Sometimes, using a concrete and relatable manipulative, like coins, helps drive the concept home (and leaves the door open to expand thinking towards multiplication and writing equations). Even my high school students benefit from a skip-counting review before we move on to making change and building cash amounts.

Planning for life after high school is daunting, yet our students still need to focus and pick a pathway. The Post Secondary Pathway Research Project is here to help. As part of the IEP transition plan, or for any student's transition to life post-high school diploma, research and planning is necessary. with this project, students will research local programs that pique their interest. For example, do they want a career in mechanics? Then we need to look at programs that could be at a 2-year

Building community is essential to our classrooms, our schools, feeds our social nature, and is key to sustaining a democracy. This lesson includes: a reading passage on communityvocabulary buildingquick reflection response with sentence startersartistic exploration & expressionexit reflection on how students can reach deeper into their communityThis lesson would be a great addition to your sub-plan folder, to follow a restorative circle after a conflict, a pause point within a unit focusing

A concrete and relatable example, such as money, is a great tool to help students really understand the interchange of decimals, fractions, and equivalents. It starts with building a dollar, one quarter at a time. A dollar = 100 A quarter is .25 or 25/100 After building equivalents as a group or pairs, move on to the Matching Worksheet, and try the Extra Practice if you have time. I use this worksheet with my high school skills class to build money sense and strengthen math skills.

30 thought-provoking questions that drive introspection with the overarching question: If you could describe yourself through the lens of work, tools, skills, and values, what would that look like? This worksheet will help students explore their work identity and career interests through creative thinking. For each question, they complete a sentence using the provided word bank. There are no wrong answers—this is about discovering what matters to you in the world of work. Use this worksheet in

Would You Rather "Workplace Edition" is an entertaining way to get to know your students and get them to take a deep dive into what they really want to do with their time. 50 reflection questions cover: Work Style and Environment Communication, Teamwork, and Daily Tasks Work Values, Leadership, and Growth Service, Healthcare, Skilled Trades Funny/Gross but Realistic The packet ends with a series of reflection questions. Lesson ideas: Have students take turns answering verbally as an icebreake

20 Sample price tags with pictures and prompts Cut apart & laminatePractice building amountsPractice making changeMix and match cards to add prices togetherPrices range from $0.99 for a candy bar to $126.58 for electronics This item is also embedded in my Cash Handling Skills Unit: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Cash-Handling-Skills-Unit-15588317

A counting mat with visuals helps students build and break down cash and coins. It can also help them extend their learning to better understand decimals, fractions, and place value through the use of concrete & relatable examples. This is a one-page counting mat, ready to be printed and laminated. It replicates the layout of a US cash drawer. I use this tool with High School students with mild & moderate learning disabilities, but it's equally appropriate in any math or skills class wher

39 Social Emotional Quick Write/Writing Warm-up prompts. Fully editable Quick write or warm-up activities for any ELA, Leadership, or Skills class. Each prompt has additional levels of scaffolding and support. This bundle includes 3 levels of support: Version 1 is unscaffolded - PPT and PDF Version 2 has a sentence starter - PPT and PDF Version 3 has sentence frames and a student example - PPT and PDF PDF versions 2 and 3 are ready to print and present to students for independent work. Promp