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Post by SKay on Sept 19, 2005 16:48:52 GMT -5
The older DS gets the harder it gets for him in school. Arithmetic is probably the worst. Science is also bad, but this is the first year he's been tested on it. I think he can bring up his grade with a little work. Arithmetic he just plain doesn't get. He was supposed to go to help class today, but I didn't know that since he forgot to bring the note home Friday.  In science he couldn't tell me what the five senses are, but he said, "Hey, mom did you know the sides of your tongue are where you taste salty things, and the front is where you taste sweet things." I asked how he remembered that, and he said that the teacher had it on the chalkboard. (There was also a diagram in his book.) I think he must be a better visual learner than auditory. Anyway, I still fear that he won't pass 3rd grade--he's already lost. |
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Post by Linda on Sept 19, 2005 17:46:54 GMT -5
What has the teacher said? It is still early in the year....I would think he would be getting extra help. I love what he said about the tongue  |
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Post by SKay on Sept 19, 2005 17:54:36 GMT -5
He should be starting help class. We also bought some little flashcards to work on at home. His teacher seems to be very understanding and wants to help him. I have a feeling we will have frequent communication this year!
This afternoon he also came home all excited, and said " Did you know that plants give off oxygen that we need, and we breathe out carbon dioxide that plants need?" He also talked about "a plant that eats bugs." (Venus flytrap of course) I asked him how he learned these things. He said from a movie and the teacher taught them. It seems the visual part really helps him out.
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Post by Linda on Sept 19, 2005 19:29:48 GMT -5
I think your son is very smart....he does sound visual and a lot of our kids are. He is retaining what he learns. That's good! Why don't you tell his teacher what you have told us...that he is a visual learner. It just might make all the difference in the world!!! It also sounds like you have a great teacher that will work with you. |
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Post by SKay on Sept 19, 2005 19:47:19 GMT -5
She just called a few minutes ago to make sure he brought home the note about help class, and I did tell her about the visual learning. She said that she had talked to the class as a whole about different ways of learning and encouraged them all to use all the different ways as much as possible to help reinforce things.
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Post by Kaiti on Sept 19, 2005 20:29:19 GMT -5
Skay, he sounds like Mikey. We have the solar system in our Dining Room on teh walls, so yep, he can tell you about that...bbut other things, forget it. Like Linda said, Make sure to tell the teacher that is how he is learning better, there are things that can make it easier for him and to make her job in the end easier as well |
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Post by Linda on Sept 19, 2005 20:36:48 GMT -5
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Post by camismom on Sept 20, 2005 9:00:27 GMT -5
Skay I don't know how much more I can offer that Linda and Kaiti haven't already, but I agree it sounds like he has a good teacher that isn't going to let him fall to the wayside and with his wonderful mom at home just as eager to help him, he will be fine. You needn't worry...I'm sure he'll get thru 3rd grade as well as 4th, 5th, and so on. Just keep pushing that visual learning and it'll "click" one day Cami too was terrible at Math and you know what? This year she is the best in her class!
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Post by milesofsmiles on Sept 20, 2005 9:41:24 GMT -5
Christy, good to hear that after years of hard work it is paying off. Linda, Kaiti and SKay, add Nate to the list of 8-year old visual learners. Ask him what 4+5 is and you will get every answer under the sun. Tell him that you have 4 apples and I give you five, he instantly tells you 9. For some reason, he can do multiplication and division too. Just don't say the operative (plus, minus, divide, times) Say three groups of 2 and he says 6, Have 6 and give 3 people an equal number he says 2. It is good to let the teacher know of this. We all have brilliant kids in thier own way. Miles |
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Post by kstquilter on Sept 20, 2005 13:51:15 GMT -5
isn't it amazing how smart our kids are and how hard they have to work at different areas just to get by.
i wonder if there is a way for the teacher to do more handout with pictures, or the booklets you can buy at stores like borders might offer some help.
we've had tutors for my kids at various times over the years. at that age, chris, my non-adhd son, needed help with reading. one of the teachers at his school came to our home a couple times a week. his teacher didn't do it because she was his teacher and we couldn't do it on school grounds. he's still not a great reader but he passed and listened to her more than he ever did to us!
great places to look are high school honors kids or a local college. most of them don't charge alot and can meet right after school sometimes.
good luck.
karen
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Post by SKay on Sept 20, 2005 15:32:32 GMT -5
Thanks, everyone. That is interesting that all these 8 year old boys have similar learning styles.
Christy, that's great that Cami improved so much! Just this weekend someone told me that her brother used to hate math, but now he is an engineer. I can't help but think DS will improve because math was one of the stronger subjects for both DH and I.
Karen, the tutor idea is good. Yesterday DH and I spent several HOURS helping DS with homework and trying to catch him up. I have a friend who volunteered to tutor him when she heard over the summer that he was struggling. I may take her up on that!!
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