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homework hassles
"Betty" wrote in message news:clOZb.568816$JQ1.120957@pd7tw1no... "Bebe lestrnge" wrote in message ... homework hassles Bev wrote: I have two very different children as well, My first in no way prepared me for the second ! LOL! Jessica is the one that it all came to easy , Sara has learning disabilities and so also has an IEP. My son also has an IEP and is being tested for ADD. I don't know if he actually has ADD, or is just being 8, but I know with the IEP, at least he gets extra help at school. He works with the resource teacher twice a week right now, and if he is diagnosed as ADD, will get extra time with her and also the school psychologist. I know people hate to have their kids labelled, but if means my kid will get extra help, then I'm all for having a label applied to him. Our big thing is reading and retention. He is ok in other subjects, but he has a really hard time with reading. He is supposed to read for at least 15 minutes every day, and it is a constant battle to get even that much from him. He also has a hard time retaining information he has learned. He always does really well on spelling test (usually 100%), but will not remember the word 2 days down the line. This leads me think it might not be ADD he has, but some other form of learning disability. B Betty, does he take medication? Just curious, V |
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'Kate wrote in message ... On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 19:30:16 GMT, "Betty" " Does he get enough sleep? 8-10 hours? How is he at remembering verbal lists? He gets a minimum of 8 hours sleep, Usually 10-11. Ok, Mom's showing her ignorance here, what is a verbal list? Please don't say it's a list of verbs, then I'll know how dumb I am. Betty |
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"V" wrote in message ... "Betty" wrote in message news:clOZb.568816$JQ1.120957@pd7tw1no... Our big thing is reading and retention. He is ok in other subjects, but he has a really hard time with reading. He is supposed to read for at least 15 minutes every day, and it is a constant battle to get even that much from him. He also has a hard time retaining information he has learned. He always does really well on spelling test (usually 100%), but will not remember the word 2 days down the line. This leads me think it might not be ADD he has, but some other form of learning disability. B Betty, does he take medication? Just curious, The occasional Motrin or cold medication, but nothing on a regular basis. Betty |
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"Betty" wrote in message news:EASZb.587720$ts4.26918@pd7tw3no... 'Kate wrote in message ... On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 19:30:16 GMT, "Betty" He gets a minimum of 8 hours sleep, Usually 10-11. Ok, Mom's showing her ignorance here, what is a verbal list? Please don't say it's a list of verbs, then I'll know how dumb I am. Ok, disregard this response. Sometimes the level of my stupidity amazes even me.LOL You meant verbal as in oral, right? Sorry, we are working on parts of speech right now, and my mind was there when I answered your question. He doesn't really do verbal lists so I'm not really sure how he does. We do most of his spelling practice tests verbally, and he does well, but like I said, he loses it a few days later. I bought him a new computer game, that is supposed to help with reading and writing skills. He was playing it today, and kept coming in and asking how to spell things. When he did, I would say " How do you think you spell it?" and he would get it right almost every time. I think a lot of his problem is just laziness and not wanting to spend a few seconds to think about his answer. B |
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"Tiffany" wrote in message ... V wrote in message ... "Bebe lestrnge" wrote in message ... homework hassles Group: alt.support.single-parents Date: Fri, Feb 20, 2004, 2:41am (EST+5) From: (V) It is driving me crazy! I have tried everything to encourage my son to do his work from school. He doddles. I take away privlidges, games, etc. to no avail. OMG I feel like an evil mother about 9 pm (my time) when it is not done. Any suggestions? V Bev wrote: I have two very different children as well, My first in no way prepared me for the second ! LOL! Jessica is the one that it all came to easy , Sara has learning disabilities and so also has an IEP. Homework time with Sara was a very frustrating time for both of us, From the 4th grade on was a struggle and I was told her disabilities are what made it hard. I was told to do exactly what everyone here has suggested, taking out the distractions was a big improvement. Right or wrong what I did was make a schedule around her. I gave her an hour after school to unwind and get a break from that stuff, We would use the kitchen so that I could go back and forth from preparing dinner, and be there in the same room, if it was more difficult I would leave the meal go ( a good idea is to have stuff prepared in advance in your freezer and pop it in the oven ! Some nights cereal was supper and that is O.K. on occasion. A limit of time spent was good so we would divide the work up in piles and say this is first and after a break we will do that etc. this encouraged her cause she knew another break was coming After eating I let her have more free time , and I also found any reading was good to save to last when we could cuddle up in the big chair and share some really good time together ! Of course as she got bigger the chair really became uncomfortable. Hope this helps, just remember it takes a lot of patience and with a bit of organization some of the stress will be relieved. Good luck . Bev Thank you Bev. The groups reaction of moving anything distracting was also something my sister (who was a child counselor) told me to do as well. She also said stay close, yet as Joelle said, natural consequences will also play a part. This has been ongoing since he was in school. I have not set up an IEP but it might be needed with Aspberger's Syndrome. He has a mild case, and the psychiatrist and I decided until it got bad to then do it. Frankly I just do not know if this is part of the autism or if it is just his nature. And also it amazes me how a child can memorize everything about the solar system and get frustrated with timed math problems. Take care, V Kids usually excel at one area and math isn't his best subject. That he is autistic explains a lot. I have not read every post here but I assume he gets special tutoring? T No Tiffany, and I have thought seriously about tutoring. He is brilliant. His memorization is amazing. My other child gets special tutoring because she is in the "gifted" child programs, but John has not been considered. The thing he hates is "timed" test. The thing that is upsetting is that he gets the concept, but is not timely. V |
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'Kate wrote in message ... On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 23:21:50 GMT, "V" His teacher would tap over and over on their foreheads to get blood to their brains. I had a conference with her about his. I did not like my child repeatedly having someone thug him on the forhead. She made it seems as though I overreacted, but with his connective tissue disorder and the fact I teach them no one is to touch them, especially painfully and then...well, I am confused myself, but I did not like it at all. How would you guys have handled this situation? curiously, V She is a teacher with odd ideas. Why doesn't she just teach them how to stand on their heads if the purpose is to get blood up to the brain. Or tighten their leg muscles. I don't know what she thinks blood has to do with the process of thinking other than if you're out of blood, it's impossible to think. It's best that you exposed her practice. I wouldn't like anyone doing that to me and being stuck in a classroom, being subjected to a bizarre "technique" of some sort based on an unproven theory would be awful. 'Kate Kate: I spoke to her in "front" of the principal. Nothing is being done. Crazy uh? V |
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"V" wrote in message ... "Betty" wrote in message news:y1wZb.563209$JQ1.282903@pd7tw1no... "V" wrote in message ... 10 years old and the amount of homework is amazing! Whoo.. My son is in grade 3, and get less homework now than when he was in first grade. In first grade, he used to get an hour or more worth of home work every night until a few parents wrote to the principal and complained. The teacher was a real academic (and B*tch), and should NOT have been teaching primary children. She made more than one parent cry, not to mention the kids. Thank goodness she is no longer at our school. Betty His teacher would tap over and over on their foreheads to get blood to their brains. I had a conference with her about his. I did not like my child repeatedly having someone thug him on the forhead. She made it seems as though I overreacted, but with his connective tissue disorder and the fact I teach them no one is to touch them, especially painfully and then...well, I am confused myself, but I did not like it at all. How would you guys have handled this situation? curiously, V Hmmmmm I probably would have tapped the teacher on the head.... with a SLEDGE HAMMER... Ok perhaps not but the thought is there.... I WOULD have wrote a lovely letter of complaint to the school board, principal, editors of every paper... I would have contacted other parents to make sure that my child was not the only one being treated in this manner... and if I found out that he/she was THEN I would get the sledge hammer.... ummmmm ok so I wouldn't use the hammer... I would vocalize... Oh yes... I would vocalize LOUDLY and I would NOT stop until the teacher was reprimanded and retired... Now I'm assuming this tap-tap-tap was happening infront of the entire class? How Degrading and demoralizing and how disstructive to ones self confidence and OMG I could just go on and on.... Anyone want the sledge hammer for me? Ahhhhhhh curious as to exactly what you DID do? Sign me, Upset where's my hammer? Kim |
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"Kim" aplogizing for being upset and forgetting to hit spellcheck sowwy |
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