1st Grade Teachers! Mrs. G- Room 1 Miss Gomez- Room 1A

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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 item appropriately on the stop sign
(green,yellow,red).  If you have looked at your childs behavior calendar, you 
will notice…
GREEN – great day !
YELLOW – CAUTION !  Too much….(talking, goofing, etc.)
RED- OOPS ! – forgot to stop – 5 min. time out and a note home

Both classrooms are similar but slightly different.  The teachers will 
explain.

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