Content Enhancement Routines

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SIM Content Enhancement Routine Visual

Unit Organizer

Voices from the Field:

Are you interested in hearing how a special educator incorporated the SIM™ Unit Organizer Routine into her middle school class? Watch interview with Sarahbeth Vernon below, who learned about the Unit Organizer through an asynchronous course offered through T/TAC William & Mary. Access the Unit Organizer digital notebook that she references during the interview.

If you are interested in enrolling in a free Unit Organizer course through T/TAC William & Mary, contact a SIM Professional Developer below for more details.

Vocabulary LINCing

Video on Vocabulary LINCing

Teaching Decision-Making Routine

The Teaching Decision-Making Routine incorporates methods students can use in groups to practice higher-order reasoning skills. Through this routine, students learn to identify issues, analyze options, compromise on a solution, and make an informed group decision. View the video Teaching Decision-Making for Success in School and Everyday Life below, and download Chapter 1 of the manual to see if this routine is a good fit for your classroom. Watch Janis Bulgren, the author of the Decision-Making Routine, as she describes higher-order reasoning in the context of Content Enhancement Routines. If you are interested in additional professional learning opportunities for the Decision-Making Routine or other SIM™ Content Enhancement Routines, contact a W&M SIM Professional Developer below for more details.