Monthly lessons and materials address critical reading, writing, math, science, and social studies skills. Tuttle faculty continuously seek out, review, and educate themselves on new evidence-based materials that best meet our students’ needs. Along with Unique Learning Systems (ULS), Tuttle uses a variety of supplemental materials and assessments on an individual basis listed below:
Reading/Language Arts
Science/Social Studies and Skills
Math
Web-Based Learning Resources
Tuttle School Life Zones class focuses on four zones in the class. We focus on teaching functional living skills as well as social pragmatic communication. Core skills taught in this class include the following: social and communication, hygiene and grooming, housekeeping, healthy food and nutrition.
The goal for the class is to move students toward independence in these skills. The class includes a variety of lessons on the skills as well as hands-on training by cooking, cleaning and interacting with one another. Through repetition of the skills, prompts are faded over time to help the students become more independent.
Hygiene and Grooming
Housekeeping
Communication has been incorporated into the Life Zones class and curriculum to help students generalize language skills in the natural setting. Students receive direct lessons on pragmatic language and communication; however, it is also being incorporated into their day-to-day tasks within the classroom setting. Students learn basic skills of food preparation, personal health, and general housekeeping. Additionally, the Life Zones class teaches students to practice taking turns, manage emotions, and interact appropriately with peers and teachers.
