Needing Schoolwork Help

[Guest guest]

Hi Tandy

Some of my students struggle with differentiating between

details and important ideas.

Are the T/F questions on the details or on the important ideas?

If on the important ideas, then when you are reading, you need

to use a graphic organizer.

http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/

Use the cluster/Word Web 1 or something similar.

Put the main idea in the middle and the details in the other

spaces.

When studying, just study the main ideas.

Let me know if this helps.

E.C. Bernard

www.ecbernard.org

[Guest guest]

The quizzes are usually on the important ideas and the actual test has both. I

LOVE the graphic organizers. That is one of those " why didn't I think of that? "

things!!! I have printed out several to try out with her. She has a science

quiz on Friday so we will try this out tonight and tomorrow night.

One caveat: In speaking with my daughter's teacher this morning at drop off, I

mentioned that I needed to go ahead and get a set of her books to keep at home

because she left her history book at home yesterday and has a quiz today

(thankfully they do go over the material right before the quiz, the teacher

informed me). The teacher's son completed 5th grade last year and she told me

she would give me his books that she still has. I am so excited! I don't have

to spend a fortune to buy new ones through the school nor check all of the

editions and find used ones online. This will help me immensely to be able to

look ahead at my leisure and work on helps.

Thanks so much everyone!!

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[Guest guest]

You can have her read short passages and discuss what she

has read. Many kids get overwhelmed or lost if there

is too much to read.

With the tests can she finish if she has more time? My daughter dooes

not have timed tests. And her tests (7th grade) have about 1/3

of what a typical class would have.

Although your daughter is probably a good reading decoder

if she was in a public school she may do well in a

special ed class where reading comprehension is taken at

a slower pace.

Pam

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> Hello everyone. I have a question that I am hoping I can get some direction

on here. A little background follows. My 10 year daughter has AS and we are

just at the beginning of dealing with it. We are so blessed that she has a

teacher this year who is willing to work with us to help her do her best. You

may recall I posted previously that I strive to keep her on a set schedule

during the schoolweek, both morning routine and evening routine. I even leave

her at aftercare until I get off work because I consistently get off at 5 but my

husband's schedule varies. It seemed that when he picked her up at 3:30 it was

just enough that she got home, started playing or watching television and I had

a hard time rounding her mind back up to do homework. So now I pick her up

every day. She completes a lot of her written work in aftercare and I check it

when we get home. Then the studying part is done at home. I am literally not

cooking anymore during the week but we either have crockpot meals, leftovers or

heat-up meals. We arrive home, eat dinner and including breaks work on

schoolwork for about 2 hours total. Then she has time to watch a little

television (I've taught her the joys of DVR so she doesn't feel like she is

missing shows) and get her bath. She has not complained yet and has been very

cooperative.

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> Her teacher sends me her work for the next week every Friday and I insist that

she brings all of her books home so that I can look at what she will be doing

and we often start on a few of the easier things on the weekend. I use

puzzlemakers to make her spelling and vocabulary words a little more fun and I

look for youtube videos that go along with her science and history.

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> Here is my question: her teacher and I see a pattern that she can answer

questions verbally and she does well when she writes on the board. She also

handles quizzes fairly well. Tests, when she has to put pencil to paper, is

going badly. History and science are subjects that she has to read material and

then be able to answer questions (mainly in matching or T/F format) about what

she has read. So (1) how can I make the rote reading of the material come

alive more for her – it's not always possible to find videos online – and make

the material " stick " and (2) any suggestions on how to help her with written

tests.

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> She is in a private school so they are not required to do anything extra to

help her. I am fortunate that her teacher is willing to do some things. She's

not allowed to test her any differently but she does do minor things in the

classroom to help.

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> Any ideas?

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