For SIM Professional Developers

With the Paragraph Writing Strategy, students learn to list ideas related to a topic; plan the point of view and verb tense to be used in the paragraph; plan the sequence in which ideas will be expressed; and write a variety of topic, detail, and clincher sentences. Learn More

Listening and Note-Taking is an easy-to-learn strategy that helps students identify and quickly capture important information during a lecture, sort main ideas and details as they write, and study their notes to earn the best test grades possible. Listening and Note-Taking is suitable for instruction in core subject courses as well as supplemental skill-based classes. Appropriate for adolescent students and older. (2011, 99 pages) Learn More

Date: October 22, 2024

This SIM Update conference, hosted by the Virginia SIM Network and KUCRL, is an opportunity for SIM Professional Developers in Virginia and neighboring states to update their knowledge and skills to support their work as certified SIM Professional Developers. The conference will be a hybrid of asynchronous learning on Canvas before an in-person day at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA  

The theme for the conference will be specially designed instruction (SDI) and high-leverage practices (HLPs) for students with disabilities. We will explore in-depth how SIM Learning Strategies, Content Enhancement Routines, and KUCRL reading programs make SDI and HLPs actionable and tangible in the classroom. We are also excited to coordinate several interactive sessions to take advantage of the in-person opportunity at JMU. We will reunite as a network, catch up, and enjoy each other’s presence. Learn More

This manual contains a set of instructional methods that science teachers can use to help students engage in higher order reasoning associated with argumentation. Learn More

This manual contains a set of instructional methods that science teachers can use to help students engage in higher order reasoning associated with argumentation. Learn More

This 89 page booklet provides the overview of SIM you have been looking for. Learn More

Problems like “3 + 6” and “0 + 9” may seem easy, but they probably cause a few anxious moments when students first learn them—especially at an automatic level. Learn More

Does adding the bigger numbers, like 8 + 9, make students to break into a cold sweat or send them scurrying to the nurse’s office? If so, provide the skills they need to tackle those math facts; teach them how to add numbers that total up to 18. Learn More

For some students, addition difficulties begin with single-digit basic facts, but, for others, problems emerge when the curriculum progresses to multi-digit addition, especially if regrouping is involved. When students struggle with computation and word problems that require regrouping, specialized instruction is needed. Learn More