Writing
SIM writing strategies help students express themselves. These strategies help students write sentences, paragraphs, and themes and monitor their work for errors.
Reading
One line of SIM Learning Strategies concentrates on helping students improve their reading abilities. It includes strategies for learning how to paraphrase critical information, picture information to promote understanding and remembering, ask questions and make predictions about text information, and identify unknown words in text.
Studying
These Learning Strategies help students study information once they acquire it. They include strategies for developing mnemonics and other devices to aid memorization of facts as well as strategies for learning new vocabulary. These strategies help prepare students for tests.
Performance
SIM Learning Strategies related to performance help students complete daily assignments as well as confidently approach and take tests.
Social and Emotional Learning
SIM includes several series that help students participate effectively in class, work together in teams, organize their desks or lockers, and interact with each other.