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The purpose of the skills program is to help students reach their optimal learning capabilities. Through the skills program,
qualified students receive small group, strategic support in the areas of reading, math, or written language. Lessons
are designed around the strengths and the needs of each student. The skills program provides classroom teachers with resources
and strategies to help increase the academic achievements of all St. Edward’s students. The binders below give teachers and parents more in-depth information about teaching diverse learners and
increasing comprehension skills.
Access Key to view Diverse Learners Binder is sted10.
 Access Key to view C is for Comprehension binder is sted1011.
Get Organized! Is your child disorganized? Having problems using a planner?
What can you do to help? • Have your child read calendars, schedules and "to do" lists at home. Get your child in the habit of consulting a visual organizer or list of daily responsibilities and appointments. • Post something (such as a calendar) on the refrigerator door that you train your child to look at throughout the day to see what s/he are suppose to do next. Be sure to include tasks, practices and game times along with planned reading times and family fun times. • Construct "to do" lists. Have your child mark off a task as it is completed. • Eventually, have your child construct his/her own "to do" list. Building these important reading organizational skills at home will benefit your child at school. |
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Strategies for Homework Success • Help your child find a quiet study place with adequate lighting and a surface for writing. If
possible, make this area for studying exclusively. • Help your child set up a routine - same place, same time. Let your child know your expectations for completing homework. • Help your child be organized. Encourage use of planner. Check your child's planner for homework, upcoming tests and long range projects. Use home planner to see the "big picture" of the week - extra curricular activities, family commitments, etc., and best times to study. • Have a "technology box" where cell phones, i-pods, and other hand-held electronic devices are placed during homework time. All devices should be turned off and kept in an area away from the established homework/study setting. • Help your child be prepared for work. Stock your
study space with pencils, paper, calculators, dictionary, etc. • Help your child set goals. Begin with short time goals: complete math assignment, study fifteen minutes for Friday's Social Studies test, etc. • Monitor your child's progress. Touch base with your child while s/he is completing work. Check to be sure what needs to be accomplished each night is being completed. Do not hover while your child is working!  Words of Wisdom "Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day." ~ Thornton Wilder |
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