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I have a student (7th grade math) who is very smart and works hard but she is extremely disorganized causing it to reflect in her academic performance. She does extremely well on tests and projects but her grades are mediocre because she forgets to turn in her assignments or loses her work. I thought this was only my class but realized that this happens in her other classes as well during our last parental conference. Her parents really work with her at home and provide guidelines, routines and checklists to help her with her organizational skills. They are just as frustrated as I am( I receive phone calls regularly asking for additional ways that they can help their child at home since what they are doing doesn't seemt to be working.) I'm at wits end because the child and parents seem to be really trying but to no avail. Any suggestions on how to help this child overcome this problem?
familiar Some kids are just not born to be "organizational wizards"... Are your grades based on Standards Mastery? If so, then turning in a test that is signed might not affect a grade so much, as math standards usually represent a child's mastery of the curriculum. Does the child fail to DO homework, or fail to turn in homework that was completed? Could mo...See More
Dec 5, 2009
Sara On 12/04/09, Frustrated Teacher wrote: > I have a student (7th grade math) who is very smart and > works hard but she is extremely disorganized causing it to > reflect in her academic performance. She does extremely > well on tests and projects but her grades are mediocre > because she forgets to turn in her assignments or loses her ...See More
Dec 7, 2009


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