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THE CURRICULUM ACTIVITIES

Classroom Suite is anchored in the research by the National Reading Panel, the Florida Center for Reading Research, and research conducted with Karen Erickson, PhD, of the Center for Literacy and Disability Studies. Classroom Suite is an ideal tool for creating reading interventions based on DIBELS™ screening data.

There are five key areas of Reading addressed in Classroom Suite:

1. Phonemic Awareness—Sound matching, isolating, segmenting, blending, and manipulating
2. Phonics—Letter-sound correspondence, high frequency words, major and minor sounds, syllable patterns, compound words, and affixes.
3. Fluency—Building word, sentence, and paragraph reading fluency.
4. Vocabulary—Building student vocabulary by creating personal vocabulary notebooks.
5. Comprehension—Building comprehension through strategic approaches.

Writing

The scaffolded writing instruction integrated into Classroom Suite helps students to both master the stages of the writing process (brainstorming, organizing, drafting, editing, publishing) as well as have opportunities to learn to write in various genres.

Math

The math interactions in Classroom Suite are based upon research in mathematical models and automaticity. Manipulative models and computational sequences reflect the latest research from the National Science Foundation, and NCTM.

There are six key areas of Math addressed in Classroom Suite:

1. Early Math Concepts—Counting, sorting, and patterns.
2. Addition and Subtraction—Problems are presented using multiple models to teach the basic concept. Students use manipulative models to learn strategies in solving problems with large numbers. Activities are sequenced in order of difficulty.
3. Multiplication and Division—Commutative and distributive properties.
4. Place Value—Understanding how to build numbers and regrouping.
5. Fractions—Using manipulatives to create fractions, addition and subtraction of fractions with common denominators.
6. Decimals—Using manipulatives to create decimals, addition and subtraction of decimals to the hundredths.

Early Learning

Classroom Suite includes engaging early learning activities for emergent learners. These teach the following basics skills:

1. Easy Explore—Colors, numbers, sizes, movements, sentence and vocabulary building.
2. 2 Choice—Create a simple test.
3. Errorless Writing—Students develop reading and writing fluency in a word bank activity.
4. Puzzles—A simple cause and effect activity for engaging switch users.
5. Left Right—Switch training for student graduating to using two switches.

Creativity Tools

The Creativity Tools serve multiple purposes. They can be used by the student to create multimedia presentations and provide writing support. They can be used by the Teacher to create activities from scratch rather than customizing an existing template. These Tools do not contain curriculum content.