Summer school report card

[catseye]

We got her report card, and well as I knew it is bad... Sd apparently didnt gain ANY ground, what a waste of time that was...

In the report for mathematics it says " SD had difficulty following direction and completeing work independently. She was easily distracted by her surrounding (especially her own clothing). me here, so what I send her to school naked next month? Sd did interact well with her classmates during small group work."

It also says " Difficulty sequencing numbers, written count to 10 (many inconsistancies between 10 and 20)" I quized her last night the first time she got right through to 20... The second time to show dad she messed up horribly~

"has difficulty comparing amounts at times due to a low numerical sense" "provides random guesses" "needs assistance with problem solving. Counting accurately remains a concern".... The counting problem is because her hand moves faster then her mouth when counting out loud, I have seen this ALOT! Just cant slow the girl down...

The grading was a rarely, learning or consistant... Sd got 6 rarely's, and 4 learnings...

Now in language arts- "sd is a great friend to the other students. However, her behaivor me here-their misspelling btw has affected her performance this summer. She does not like to listen to directions YA THINK! whether it be a suggestion to help her reading or a reminder to return her library book. On many occasions I had to remind her to keep a positive attitude. It was very difficult to make any progress with sd because of her lack of interest"..

It also says her beginning reading level was 1, I dont get that!! She was at reading level 6, when school was out, just ONE week before... Her ending reading level was 3, after 6 weeks of summer school...

Me here- I just dont know what to do with sd anymore... I dont know how to motivate her, and make her interested in learning... And I dont know how (or even why anymore) to teach her anything... I give up! I gave dh the sylvan information, but IF he has to get bm's ok on it he will not even have the testing done... ARGH! I would be willing to pay the whole bill (and keep the rest of my hair), but it sounds like sylvan wants both dh and bm to agree to the testing, and well because of that dh wont do it...

Where is the throwing my hands in the air graemlin?!?

[Allanque]

catseye said:

In the report for mathematics it says " SD had difficulty following direction and completeing work independently. She was easily distracted by her surrounding (especially her own clothing). me here, so what I send her to school naked next month? Sd did interact well with her classmates during small group work."

*ponders*

Are there any tags in her clothes? Are her clothes soft and loose?

[rosyred45]

As far as the report card, um, what exactly was she supposed to be attending for ???OH THAT"S RIGHT THE FIELD TRIPS Sorry, couldn't help that one, it slipped right out.

I don't know what to say about motivating, but we count things and sing songs and then a light switch goes off in thier head that said, HEY THERE"S THE ANSWER.

And as far as the clothing, Mikey constantly sucks on his shirt, pulls the bottom of his shirt over his knees >:(plays with strings, buttons, zippers, just basic fiddling stuff that signifies he's bored.

Bribery, would that work to motivate? Seriously

[finnmom]

Catseye

Sorry to hear that she got such a bad report card... But have to agree Kaiti; mayby if they would have been in the class room more

As for playing with clothe´s, she cant be the only one doing that, how come that became such an issue with theacher She should have known that

It was this summer, here´s hoping better for coming schoolyear

[catseye]

Allanque it really isnt the tags that bother her, it is the strings, like in pockets of jeans... I think I have a way to combat this! This year I am buying her nothing but leggins for school... Think that will work? And no more beaded shirts, even though she loves them ... Her really soft sweaters (which obviously didnt need this summer) also bother her ... ARGH!

It isnt the normal teacher who does summer school, so they may not have been aware of her clothing issues before school...

Actually bribery was already tried! I told sd if she did well in summer school I would enroll her in horse riding lessons... Well guess what? No horse riding lessons!

Then this weekend we had a FULL day yesterday, just her and I... We went tubing with some friends, which sd did fine at... Then we went and had a cook out with them on their horse ranch... Sd finally got to ride a horse (I debated on weather I should even let her, but I didnt know they had the horses where we were going till we got there! Too little too late! I didnt want a meltdown in front of my friends), do you think she was the least bit gratefull? NOPE! Wanted to ride a different horse (one not suitable for kids), then wanted to ride more even though other people hadnt gotten to ride yet... ARGH!

I kept asking myself why do I try so hard!! I know this is the wrong category, but how do you get them to appreciate things?

I put the gratitude, appreciation part in the behavior section...

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[rosyred45]

Sorry to hear things not going well, I don't really kn ow what else to say

But as long as you work with her and try new ideas, there's always hope that she'll learn one of these days to be grateful and appreciate what she has
HUGS to you

[camismom]

I have no advice to offer or advice but I did want to give you a ((((((hug)))))) and tell you again how much I admire you for taking this on! You are an awesome lady cat! And I know you won't give up until you get that sd of yours on the right track.

++++++prayers++++++ and ((((((((hugs)))))))))))))