Life Skills

Susan Shay                                

SAMHS Room 325                                                                                                        

Email: sshay@sapublicschools.com

Course Description

The purpose of this course is to provide SAMHS special education students who have Individualized Education Plans with functional academic and life skills that will prepare students to  navigate their community as they mature through high school and young adulthood.

Materials

Content is pulled from a variety of resources across the curricula including:

Learning Science Activity Tubs

Reading A-Z

Scholastic News

Fundations

Words Their Way

Continental Publishing: Practice Exercises in Basic Math, Money, Measurement, Number Operations

Class Rules

Our class rules are posted in the room and speak to the most basic fundamentals of respect for yourself and others.   Respecting personal space, listening and demonstrating respect to others, and being responsible for your work and your jobs in the classroom are the expectations which have been set in place.

Coursework

• Students will be given weekly vocabulary practice homework and will be tested on Friday.
• Students will be given math homework several nights per week to reinforce concepts learned in class.
• Students will work on projects throughout the school year and will have opportunities to work independently and collaboratively.  Whenever possible, students will engage with other students at SAMHS.
• Students will take part in community outings in order to enrich their understanding of the greater world around them.  They will be exposed to jobs and job settings and appropriate use of social skills.  They will practice well-being, organization, and technological literacy.

Grading

Life Skills has a Pass/Fail grading procedure.

Acknowledgement:          ___________________________________________________parent

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