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Post by lcdc1 on Feb 12, 2008 22:25:15 GMT -5
Yeah the color coding is a good idea! I just bought her 4 different colors and she has her papers in them by subject and then she can just grab the color. She is not a happy camper tonight and I sadly must say I have lost my temper about it all and yelled and stuff at her. She keeps saying no the teachers did not say I have to do this and that? I am like hell they did too, you and I were in the same room with them about it all. She had a one hour session with me again tonight learning how to do her planner. I asked did you compare your planner to the boards? yes she said. Do you have anything that you added to the planner? No she said. I pulled up the website and geeeeeze there is additional homework and I made her write it in the planner. Then she wanted to look away from me and I said now do you have any homework - I dunno she said? AGHHHHHHHHHH.
So she is now crying and choking as she does another hour of so of homework tonight. This is not good, I am not good with it, she is sad again.
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Post by jj on Feb 13, 2008 11:34:04 GMT -5
Poor Ran, and poor you. LC, do you think that she just has way too much homework? Does she get much down time. I know I've heard of parents drawing the line on how much homework their kids get or how much time is spent on said homework. If you do think she spends way too much time on just homework maybe that is something you could discuss in the IEP meeting. I was just wondering....
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Post by charliegirl on Feb 13, 2008 11:57:13 GMT -5
I agree with JJ. Getting frustrated isn't helping her remember anything she is going over.
Please make sure she has downtime every day to do whatever she feels like doing even if its sitting and staring at the walls. Even with her sports she is doing what she has to do according to someone else. Everyone needs time for themselves.
I started putting this in the post of Bugsmom's after reading your reply to her and decided it belonged here:
3 1/2 hours of homework for a kid Ran's age is too much! I know she has things she has to catch up on but can you break the time up into smaller increments with some time to decompress in between? Maybe have her work for 1/2 an hour or 45 minutes and then let her have a 15 min. break? If it continues to take her that long every night it should be addressed in her IEP.
You could also consider getting a private tutor for the subjects she is having the most trouble with. Possibly a tutor could help her with her organization and long term assignments.
It would take some of the stress off your relationship with her. You have enough to deal with on mother/daughter issues and you shouldn't have to be a teacher also.
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Post by lcdc1 on Feb 13, 2008 13:49:14 GMT -5
I know, thanks for the great support in this you all. I got a plan too that my physc gave me an outline of, so after I wieght lift and run to Lowes, I am going to get on the plan. Barb that site link you gave me is great, now I feel like it was not just me or Ran, yes friday I will have my questions and outline done at the IEP meeting, I am afraid it may lead to more testing down the road, but I need some things in place for her NOW. We are crashing our relationship her and I cannot do that, but I am not going to say anything about personal stuff to the school, they need to step up. You should post that link of all kind of minds here, I never knew of it before and it is really helpful to me.  |
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Post by charliegirl on Feb 13, 2008 16:01:37 GMT -5
I've posted it before but here it is again. I love Mel Levine. He really knows his stuff and isn't just theorizing. www.allkindsofminds.org/ |
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