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.
Recommended Website of the Month: CyberChallenge Try this website for
a fun way to help your child master basic and advanced math computational skills. Click below to explore the CyberChallenge
as well as other games and activities at the MathMastery website.
CyberChallenge
Parentfurther Looking
for tips for raising successful children. Check out this website. Parentfurther is based on the Search Institutes 40 Developmental Assets. Loaded with important parenting
topics, a recent edition featured short articles on Bullying, Connecting to the Community, Discipline, and much more. 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 a 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.
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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!
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“Reading is
a means of thinking with another person's mind; it forces you to stretch your own.”~Charles
Scribner
More helpful websites for homework projects:
KidsClick! is a great web search engine for children of all ages. It is owned
and operated by the School of Library and Information Science at Kent State University. Designed by librarians, it has links
for research projects in all curricular areas. Additionally, there is a wonderful literature link where your child can visit
his/her favorite author's website, explore interesting information about popular book series, find jokes and tongue twisters,
along with discovering great poetry and online storytelling sites.
For homework help including on-line reference materials and help in specific subject areas click here!
For additional resources and references click here!
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