SPECIAL EDUCATION Literature Skills 3A
Life Skills Transitions
Designed to help students understand and apply basic skills in reading a variety of literature. This course incorporates state standards in English Language Arts. Students will be able to determine a theme or central idea of a text, identify supporting details, cite textual evidence, make inferences and predictions, analyze an author’s purpose and point of view, and describe a character’s internal (moral) conflicts. Students will learn to write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences and events, use narrative techniques to engage the reader (i.e. hooks, descriptive language, reflections), and make smooth transitions to convey proper sequencing. Students will also develop grammar skills through structured sentence writing and vocabulary expansion.
This course focuses on the transition domains of post secondary education, employment and independent living skills. While this course will address the first two domains, the primary focus will be on the attainment of independent living skills. The course will address self advocacy, consumer math, meal planning, nutrition, personal safety, social skills, and communication. Students will also learn about internet safety while utilizing technology in meaningful ways. The course allows for multiple “hands on” opportunities in a variety of settings. Students will have the opportunity to utilize skills in the community, our kitchen and the classroom.
Literature Skills 3B
Study Skills
Course Numbers: 5315 Grades: 11, 12 Credit: .5 Note: By referral only
Course Numbers: 5316 Grades: 11, 12 Credit: .5 Note: By referral only
Designed to help students understand and apply basic skills in reading a variety of literature. This course incorporates state standards in English Language Arts. Students will be able to determine a theme or central idea of a text, identify supporting details, cite textual evidence, make inferences and predictions, analyze an author’s purpose and point of view, and describe a character’s internal (moral) conflicts. Students will learn to write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences and events, use narrative techniques to engage the reader (i.e. hooks, descriptive language, reflections), and make smooth transitions to convey proper sequencing. Students will also develop grammar skills through structured sentence writing and vocabulary expansion.
Foundations of Life Skills Course Numbers: 5901 & 5902 Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12 Credit: 1.0 Note: By referral only
This course incorporates reading, writing, and math into the transition domain of independent living skills. This course allows for multiple “hands on” opportunities in a variety of settings. Students will have access to the community, our kitchen and the classroom. The course is designed with a spiral teaching method. Skills are taught in small steps; adding more depth and requiring more independence as the student gains success. The course is intended for students who benefit from supported, multi-modal, hands-on, repeated academic instruction across a variety of settings. This course is intended to be a prerequisite to Life Skills Reading and Life Skills Math
Course Numbers: 5905 & 5906 Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12 Credit: 1.0 Note: By referral only
Course Numbers: 5915 & 5916 Grades: 9, 10, 10, 11 Credit: .5 Note: By referral only (1 or 2 Semesters) Designed for students who need specialized tutoring to become independent learners. Students earn .5 credit per class per semester
Developmental Adapted Physical Education (DAPE)
Course Numbers: 5501 & 5502 Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12 Credit: 1.0 Note: Qualify for DAPE Services via Special Education Evaluation Process Students in this course follow the Minnesota State standards in the area of Physical Education, while increasing their physical fitness through a variety of activities including team sports, individual sports and recreational activities
Raising Individual Success Everyday (RISE) Course Numbers: 5919 & 5920 Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12 Credit: 1.0 Note: By referral only
RISE is a special education service/intervention offered for students who meet the behavioral and educational needs of at-risk special education students. Students will receive direct instruction with a curriculum which coincides with goals that include, but are not limited to: social skills, behavior modification through the use of coping strategies, self-advocacy and organization while being provided with academic support.
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