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Post by rosyred45 on Mar 24, 2004 6:22:17 GMT -5
How big of a deal is it when your child is writing and they use a capital letter instead of a lower case letter? This is general printing, so it's not like cursive or anything. Mikey is FINALLY sitting down to write his sentences, and is writing "N" instead of "n". His teacher has taken off points and made note of it. He also does this with "A" instead of "a". I do realize he needs to know how to write, but I really don't think that it should be any big deal if he's actually getting it on paper period. By the way, when my husband writes he does the same thing  He says he always has, and no body really said anything about it. We have both and "a" and an "n" in our last name, so I see it all the time from hubby, but just wondering what anyone else was thinking. Please be honest I can take being wrong if I must  Kaiti |
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Post by Linda on Mar 24, 2004 7:23:22 GMT -5
Hi Kaiti...I don't think it is a big deal..and maybe Mikeys teacher better pick her battles considering how a lot of our kids have writing issues.
Pauls writing is still terrible,so is my husbands....I think Mikey will find his own "style" as he gets older.
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Post by aimee30 on Mar 24, 2004 7:28:31 GMT -5
I don't think it's a big deal either. DD does the same thing. She also writes a lot of her letters backwards. I was concerned at first and brought it up to the teacher. She told me not to worry. They won't worry about it here until she is in third grade.
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Post by AnneM on Mar 24, 2004 7:29:59 GMT -5
Same with Sam and my husband's writing to ... its AWFUL! ... My husband kind of writes with ALL capitals BUT they are joined together if that makes sense! ... and even HE can't read things he's written! ...
I agree with Linda - this is a case of "picking your battles" ... maybe it should be gently "pointed out" to put him on the right track but in my opinion this shouldn't be made into a "big deal" to crucify his self-esteem and his confidence! ...
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Post by rosyred45 on Mar 24, 2004 8:33:09 GMT -5
The way I figure it is the pick your battles too...I just don't want him getting in trouble later on in school with a teacher that isn't as understanding as this one.
He has a big problem with visual perseption, so lately I've been using red marker or crayon to help keep him on the line. He has improves some, but I just think that as long as he is getting his work done, it doesn't matter if it is capital or not.
Thanks, by the way, anyone have a good reason for having to keep writing even though he knows how to spell the words( his argument, I already know how to read and write it, why do I have to practice. ) I haven't thought of anything except
You have to show the teacher you know how ...lame
Kaiti
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Post by camismom on Mar 24, 2004 10:06:02 GMT -5
I agree with everyone else. As long as he's getting it down, who cares how? Cami is 12 and has TERRIBLE handwriting. I have it in her 504 that she can't be graded by handwriting, neatness, or spelling (unless it's in Lang. Arts and spelling is part of it). They can only grade if the answer is correct or incorrect. I would also suggest that you get with the teacher and see if it's ok that he writes them one time, and then just calls them out to you a couple more, and you sign something to show that this was done. Writing is hard for ADHDrs. It's messy, often not on the line, and just an over-all labor unwelcomed and unwanted for them. Cami has always been one to do as little writing as she possibly can.
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Post by Brocksmom on Mar 24, 2004 10:50:50 GMT -5
I used to help the teacher when my ds was in kinder.and there were kids that would use capital letters when spelling their name. I remember her saying that she wasn't suppose to pass them unless they did it"right". COME ON. My dh also uses both upper and lower case when printing.
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Post by LitlBaa on Mar 24, 2004 23:59:06 GMT -5
It's not a big deal at all. He's in first grade, right? At least he's sitting down to do his work!
The red marker you're using might make him think he's doing something wrong if his teacher corrects in red. If so, let him choose a color for you to help him with.
On the practicing reading/writing, if there's a character he really likes, you could get a book and tell him that practicing means he'll be able to read about Spongebob (or whoever) all by himself! He may not care about showing his teacher anything!
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Post by rosyred45 on Mar 25, 2004 6:00:18 GMT -5
The teavher said she did it in red to grab his attention. She has tried it in other colors, done it in 3, like red, yellow, green, but that didn't seem to help. She also heard about putting a strip of glue on the lines so that it would "remind" him to stop. Well, you know how people ignore speed bumps and fly across them. He's really a great reader, he'll read anything that has words on it, and explain everything, so I know it's just a matter of getting the printer to connect with the computer so to speak. Oh well, we'll keep on trying Kaiti |
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Post by BBW4EVR1 on Mar 27, 2004 3:33:37 GMT -5
i Say this Teacher is Rather out of line!! I would write her a note--in red--to get her attention--and Let her Know that in The World of AdD/ADhD there are far More Important Things than pRoper capitalization!!!  |
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Post by rosyred45 on Mar 27, 2004 6:46:59 GMT -5
Thanks for that. I could almost agree with that except that she is making modifications w/out Mikey having a 504 or anything. Her biggest concern is that when he his in the upper grades they won't do what is best for Mikey.
Next month the ATEAM is meeting and she is bringing up a 504 for Mikey. I have already talked to the AP, the guidance counselor, my mom-who is a memeber of the team-strictly professional, and another teacher. More for guidance and their thoughts. They all pretty much feel the same way.
I did have one lady tell me that she regretted not holding her son back because he was always the smallest being a september baby. Mikey is a July baby, but he's not smaller then the rest, so I don't worry about that. The reasons he's puttering around is because he is BORED!!!!!!!!
He has the attention span of a flea if work is boring, no matter how many times he has to be redirectd. His teacher has been great because she'll send him to independant reading area and almost forget he's there because he's so quiet and still. She makes sure that the work he gets done is correct and once he has the concept and can explain it to her, she'll let him putter around reading things and send it home for him to do. It's either that or MIKEY BACK IN YOUR SEAT all day long with him tearing things out or up because he is frustrated.
I'm sorry, things are a little tense this weekend. Thanks for letting me vent (again)
Kaiti
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Post by adhdtimes4 on Mar 28, 2004 23:02:27 GMT -5
I don't know, Kaiti. It sounds like you have a great teacher, and her motives are good. Maybe she is making too big a deal about it, but unless it is too much for Mikey, maybe it's not such a big deal after all. One of those 'pick your battles' situations - but in reverse.
My Mike's handwriting is atrocious, but no teacher has ever worried about it, so maybe I shouldn't be giving my opinion!!
BTW I love that hint about putting a strip of glue across the line...It would probably work for some kids.
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Post by rosyred45 on Mar 29, 2004 8:03:39 GMT -5
The teacher said that the strip og glue was mention to her by another teacher, and it worked with some students really well. But of course, Mikey has to be the one it doesn't work with huh? We'll just keep on trying. They have off today for teacher in-service, so with the break, he'll hopefully blow off some steam. Have a great day Kaiti |
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