Functional Academics
Literary Skills – Comprehension
Finding Details from Pictures/Texts
Understanding direct information conveyed, leading to answering/asking `what’, `when’, `where’ questions. This will enhance the listening skills in students and read with the intention of deriving details.
Sequencing
Logical sequencing of events, what precedes and follows a task, following schedule to complete activity/recipe. This leads students to perform a task independently and also to transit from one task to another without adult help.
Following Instructions
Understanding oral/pictures/symbol/textual instructions to complete tasks (includes language related to nouns, verbs and prepositions)
Description
Looking at picture to determine physical features (colour, shape, size). Narrating experiences in and out of school, sharing experiences in a group.
Understanding Directions
Finding a space inside school with pictures/texts/symbols. Landmarks for places frequently visited outside school. Address and directions to reach home. Laterality and directionality skills through games.
Categorization
Classification, sorting based on physical attributes, concepts and function and making comparisons. Categorization is a very important skill which is practiced in many activities during the day, the simplest being sorting clothes & vegetables, moves on to more complex tasks like organizing shelves, packing things, cooking, planning for an event/trip etc.
Fact/Opinion
Likes/dislikes of oneself and others. Promoted during group discussion. Enhances empathizing and promotes sensitivity. Can lead to awareness sensory preference helping the individual to desensitize. It also promotes language related to profile. “Satish does not like loud noises”, “My mother hates brinjal”, “I like sweets”, etc.
Numeracy
Symbol, quantity (counting), more than (comparison). Understanding quantity is more important in application rather than recognising symbols, importance will be given to counting and thus promoting cardinal values of numbers.
Computation
Conceptual understanding of the 4 operations – addition, subtraction, multiplication and division – and understanding situations in which these operations are used.
Calculator Skills
Calculator skills for the 4 operations.
Calendar
Personalized calendar for monthly events, being prepared for the event/activity, planning a schedule for the weekend. Time duration for activities.
Money
Identification, value of money (buying value), basic accounting using calculator.
Measurement
Experiences in measuring length, weight, capacity with non-standard / standard measurements during practical experiences.
Data Entry
Basic skills in data entry and computer application. Collection, entry, interpretation of data and application.