Parents
I am looking forward to teaching all of my students and having a great school year! If you have any questions or concerns throughout the school year you can email or call me using the following information.
Email: marstevens@greenville.k12.sc.us
Work Phone: 864-355-5570
I will be teaching academics and transition skills using the UNIQUE Learning System Curriculum and the Attainment Curriculum. The UNIQUE Learning System Curriculum has several grade levels and ability levels to meet the needs of each student. The Attainment Curriculum has a main focus on Reading skills and Social Studies lessons. I will also use supplementary materials to teach all subjects and meet the needs of each student. The skills that they will learn will also be aligned with each student's IEP goals.
My Schedule
1st period (8:45-9:35): Related Arts
Law Enforcement Film P.E.
2nd period (9:40-10:30): Writing
3rd period (10:35-11:25): System 44/ Read 180
4th period (11:30- 12:15): Brain break, Science, Social Studies, or Embroidery work
Lunch (12:15- 1:00)
5th period (1:05-1:55): Snack, Classroom cleaning jobs, News2You Articles or Sight word game, Social Skills game or Transition Skills
6th period (2:00-2:50): Related Arts
P.E. Theater Weightlifting
7th period (2:55-3:45): Free Time (read, draw, puzzle, computer time) and work on Independent IEP Goals with Ms. Stevens
More information on the UNIQUE Curriculum:
Your child’s classroom is using Unique Learning System® as the classroom curriculum.
The curriculum program has been designed specifically for children with special learning
needs. While the foundation of Unique is the academic content standards (reading, writing,
math, science and social studies), the lessons are modified to make sure that all children
have a way to participate and learn. There is a strong emphasis on life skills that are
embedded in each lesson.
Unique Learning System provides monthly units that teachers are able to download from
the Unique website. Each month there is a new topic built around a science or social
studies theme. There are six grade bands; Preschool, Elementary, Intermediate, Middle
School, High School and Transition, so learning is new as children progress through the
years. Your child’s teacher has selected the grade level band that matches the ages and
grades of the children in his/her classroom. There is also a three-year cycle of new units for
each grade band. In that way, your child will have new learning materials even if he or she
is in the same classroom setting next year.
Teachers who have worked with special learners have created all of Unique’s lessons and
materials. Lessons include stories, chapter books, comprehension activities, writing
activities, math lessons for time, money, counting and problem solving, as well as recipes,
craft projects and science experiments. Many of the materials are designed in three levels
so children of various abilities can actively participate. Materials have been created with
SymbolStix™, which is a graphic library of symbols to help children who learn best with
picture supports. These pictures can also be seen in books available on our online library
called the n2y Library. These books can be used to help support the theme of the monthly
unit, to help build your child’s reading skill or for enjoyment. Unique Learning System has
several tools that will help the classroom teacher monitor your child’s progress within
classroom learning.
The primary goal of Unique is to give each child a way to participate, learn and succeed in
the classroom. Please feel free to ask your child’s teacher if you would like to see the
materials and lessons. You may also want to visit the Unique website at n2y.com.