Big Ideas

Core Learning Skills Across All Curricula

Supporting core learning skills can help students with disabilities and struggling students in all curriculum areas. Below are some of these skills.

• Accessing Information (reading, listening, sensory)

• Integrating Information (analyzing, sequencing, organizing, generalizing, working memory)

• Sharing Information (demonstrating understanding, speaking, writing)

English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics Across All Curricula

Core ELA and Math skills are essential for success in all areas of the curriculum. Here are some examples.

• ELA (understanding complex text/information, interpreting language, research, collaboration in discussions, formulating questions, drawing inferences, using graphic organizers, subject vocabulary)

• Math (understanding numbers, performing arithmetic operations, using symbols, predictions, measurement, spatial reasoning and relationships, maps, data analysis and probability)

All Students Have Different Learner Profiles

There is no such thing as an “average” student. Every student has different strengths and weaknesses in learning skills, ELA, and mathematics.

Technology Tools Can Help All Students

Leveraging technology tools in the classroom that support learning, ELA, and math skills will support all student learner profiles and allow teachers to focus on the requirements of the grade-level standards.