Re: boy with poor work

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Id like to add I am in half day K and there is NO play time allowed.
What am I supposed to do with that?

With having them less than 2 hours a day, we were told no more "fun"
centers. With all the new CCS mandates, there is no time for play.
ALL of my lessons have to be assessed by data if needed. and
assessed.

You can't assess play time on MAP testing!

Yes, I think this is ludicrous, but I have to work with what I am
told from the higher ups.

We need full day and it will not be happening due to $$

I am in an area where all the moms work. We get few volunteers and
when we do , they are rsenior citizens ( like 75 years old plus)
who have a hard time just walking down the hall. They never want to
work in a busy K ( I have tried!) Trust me, I want help!

Our administrators do need see the value of play. :(

And if I discussed this with them, they would say that since the
other kids CAN write neatly, then giving the class playtime is not
needed.

BTW, I am required to get each kid writing four complete sentences
by JUne! Ha! I still cant get one yet!!!

SO STRESSED

On 2/02/13, grandma wrote:
> My eldest dd did that as well as her now 6 year old son who is in
> full day K. Both could write outside of school. My dd was a
> perfectionist and throughout her years in school, if she didn't
> feel she could do something perfect, it was easier to just goof
> off, do poorly on paperwork, daydream, whatever it took to avoid
> doing what the adult wanted her to do. Also with both, if they
> just were not interested in doing what the adult was asking of
> them, they did the holes in the paper, scribbles, poor
> printing..Actually now that I remember her oldest dd was also a
> hole poker until second grade. In third she is a very good match
> with the teacher she has and has gradually improved her work.
>
>
> The dgs is also improving in quality of work as his skill level
> and interest has increased. His K classroom still has a lot of
> developmentally appropriate activities which has allowed him to
> mature and catch up in skill levels with his peers without
> pressure.
>
> I had found over the years that when children came from homes
> where the parents expected school type activities at home, too,
> they were less interested in doing the same things at school. We
> get a lot of children pressured at home to achieve academically
> and that push is at home to the extent that the child just wants
> to have fun when not under that pressure. That's a natural
> response.
>
> I just think if a child is really interested in doing what he is
> doing and it is developmentally appropriate (and seatwork is not
> really what a lot of five and six year olds need), they can
> focus. Are you balancing the seatwork with a LOT of other active,
> movement type work to break up the expectation for sitting for x
> amount of time?
>
> You are probably correct in your thinking this is related to
> maturity, rather then an attention problem. What activities have
> you seen him be super interested in and how can you adapt an
> assignment that could relate to that interest? That is where I
> would start.
>
> If you don't have an aide, then why isn't your school promoting
> volunteers in the classroom? I am a retired teacher and I
> volunteer twice a week in my dgs's class for an hour or so. I
> know there are other parents who also help regularly in the
> classroom. Surely out of the entire school population there are
> very capable adult helpers that can be recruited. Have you asked?
> Also, there are often college students hoping to be teachers who
> come in and work in the classroom once a week for a semester.
> Usually they can only do this type of "student teaching" if there
> are special needs children in the classroom. You said you do.
>
> Good luck and your young man is fortunate to have someone in his
> corner wanting the best for him and making the effort.
>
>
> On 2/02/13, Fewer writing assignments, more play time wrote:
>> At his age, you can best help him by not pressuring him all the
>> time. He clearly doesn't want to be there, so the biggest
>> challenge he'll have to overcome now is disliking school.
>>
>>
>> On 2/02/13, i need suggestions wrote:
>>> I have a boy who is super distracted. He is not paying
>>> attention and plays with his pencil etc. His written work
>>> is very poor. Holes in his paper, horrible printing etc.
>>>
>>> Mom notices it too and has him practice printing at home
>>> and she says he does beautifully but knows he is
>>> distracted. She sees it when he is trying to do work with
>>> his siblings.
>>>
>>> She can imagine how he is in a class of 20 kids!
>>>
>>> So she is asking me what we can do about it. She sees it is
>>> affecting his work.
>>>
>>> I dont think he is ADHD. I think it is immaturity . Mom
>>> calls him the "spacey "one, always drifting off.
>>>
>>> so what can I do in the classroom to help him? I tried
>>> headphones., oh he did not like that ( our Sped teacher
>>> uses them for an autistic kid)
>>>
>>> I had him sit by himself but he felt it was punishment as
>>> he is social.
>>>
>>> MOm showed me his printing he did at home so now I KNOW he
>>> can do it... but doesnt for me. It this distractibility
>>> thing.
>>>
>>> But I have 20 others kids all by myself and several very
>>> needy and low kids. This boy is more average. I wish I had
>>> more 1-1 time with him... but with budget cuts, we lost our
>>> aides and have more sped kids in the room with no support.
>>>
>>> Please give suggestions. I really want to help him.
 

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