BACK TO SCHOOL PARENT ORIENTATION
SCHOOL PHILOSOPHY
St. Hedwig School is a Christ-centered environment that:
1) Strives for academic excellence
2) Teaches the Catholic faith
3) Parents and teachers work together to develop a well-
rounded student
STUDENT LEARNING EXPECTATIONS
We Are….Catholic Believers
Healthy Person
Confident Learners
Respectful and Responsible Person
OPEN COURT READING
Reading
We adopted the Open Court Imagine It 2009 series. The children will continue
developing their reading skills. The focus is on reading, fluency, word
recognition, comprehension, interpretation skills, and vocabulary
development. The AR (STAR) program will also be an important part of the
children’s reading development. They will be responsible for reading and
passing a test for each book, with a score of 80% comprehension or higher.
2) SOUND CARDS
We recommend that you purchase a set of sound cards. The students need to
practice them every night. In the beginning, it will be very easy but we
will be adding sounds daily. The child should say:
a) Picture-say the picture name
b) Sound-what sound does it make?
c) Spelling-what are the spellings?
SPELLING
Our Spelling is directly linked with our Open Court Imagine It 2009 series.
The Spelling words will be posted weekly on our class website. Tests will be
administered on Friday. Children will be expected to learn the words and
spell them correctly on the test and in their daily work. Please assist your
child in studying their words each day in a variety of ways, i.e. asking and
letting them tell you the correct spelling.
HANDWRITING
Our Handwriting is also intergrated into our reading. We will practice
correct formation and neatness in our daily routine. We will give you a
packet that will assist you at home on the correct formation.
HOMEWORK
A weekly homework sheet will be sent home at the beginning of each week.
Homework is due the next day unless stated on the sheet. If homework is not
done and turned in when due, it does not get stamped. There is an average of
½ hour of homework every night except Friday. Reading sound cards are to be
drilled nightly.
SCIENCE
Houghton Mifflin – California Science – will be our new series. We will
be covering plants, animals, weather, seasons, and matter. Miss Gomez will
teach both classes.
SOCIAL STUDIES
Houghton Mifflin –History-Social Science: School & Family – will be the new
series. We will be covering such topics as people everywhere, where we live,
the world of work, and good citizens. Each unit includes graphs, charts, map
and globe skills. Mrs. G. will teach both classes.
COMPUTER LAB
Students will all be going to the computer lab with Mrs. Tupas as their
teacher. She will be teaching basic keyboarding and technology skills.
RELIGION
We use the Sadlier We Believe series. We have religion daily. Your child
will usually have Religion homework over the weekends. It is a family page
to do together, sign and return on Monday. We will not go chapter by
chapter, so please check page number on the homework sheet. The Sacramental
Program is now a 2 yr. Preparation for First Reconciliation and First
Communion. There will be a mandatory meeting sometime during the year.
MATHEMATICS
Mathematics by Houghton Mifflin is our series. Our studies include
counting/writing numbers 0-100, counting by twos, fives, and tens, adding 2-3
numbers with sums through 20, subtracting 18 or less, and adding/subtracting
two digit numbers(no renaming).We will also study money, time, fractions,
geometry and measurement.
CLASS SCHEDULE
P.E - Tues.& Thurs. 1pm - 1:45 1 & 1A
MUSIC - 1-1:45 Wed.rm1 1-1:45 Mon. rm1A
LIBRARY - Friday rm 1 10:30 - 11:15 / rm 1A 11:15 - 12noon
COMPUTER - Mon. 1:45 - 2:30 rm1 / rm 1A Wed. 1:45 - 2:30
SNACK
The children will have snack 9:50 - 10am . Please provide a
small nutritious snack and/or drink. Remember no candy, sodas or glass
bottles.
DISCIPLINE
We use Assertive Discipline method in my classroom. If a rule is broken, the
child will change their clip appropriately. If you have looked at your
childs behavior calendar, you will notice the change in color...
Both classrooms are similar but slightly different. The teachers will
explain.