Grouping and teaching students based on the type of instruction they need allows each teacher to have a slightly different classroom emphasis or approach.

All lower school students receive instruction in reading fluency and comprehension, sentence and paragraph writing, handwriting, mathematics, science, social studies, technology and engineering, physical education, fine arts, social pragmatics, and speech, language/ cognitive development. All lower school students have a Language and Cognitive Development Class with a certified Speech and Language Pathologist. 

Below is a sampling of reading, writing, and math curricula and resources our teachers have in their teaching toolboxes. Any of our lower school classrooms might be using one or none of these depending on the needs of the kids. This list is not meant to be an endorsement for any certain curriculum, nor an exhaustive list of every resource available for teaching students with learning differences and disabilities.  

Curriculum Examples

Developing Fluency and Accuracy by Neuhaus	Spatial Awareness/Geoboard Training
Orton Gillingham	Envision Math, Saxon
Explode the Code	Dynamo Math
Visualizing and Verbalizing	Multisensory Math by Orton Gillingham
Read Naturally	Math in Focus
Making Connections	Math you See
Handwriting Without Tears/ Cursive Success	Marcy Cook
Decodable Readers	Touch Point Math
Blending Boards	Math Mammoth
Daily Language Review	Moffatt Girls Math
Rapid Word Recognition	Kim Sutton
Phonological Awareness Training	Making Math Real
Metacognition	Drops in the Bucket
Reading Readiness by Neuhaus	Greg Tang
Storyworks	Reflex Math
Basic Language Skills by Neuhaus	IXL
Building Thinking Skills	Frax Math
Dianna Hansbury King’s Writing Skills