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Very difficult parent and student

by vt mommy

Apr 29, 2015

Hello!

I have a student who is sweetie but has much difficulty controlling his body, his mouth, he is a huge disruption to our days. I am at my wit's end. Mom does not at all agree - has made this VERY clear - that any sort of extra help is needed. I believe that he is sensory seeking and have tried a special seat for him to sit on, koosh ...See More

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Maureen N. Does Mom deny that there might be a problem or has she acknowledged that some of what you describe has been observed at home? Has she ever observed in the classroom to see how he is when in a large group of children? There can be any number of reasons he is this way in the classroom, including the sensory issues, diet, not getting enough sleep, a n...See More

May 1, 2015

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AmyVictoria Unfortunately at this point in the year you probably are not going to change her mind. You just have to keep documenting what the child does and the interventions that you have tried. Pass all this info on to the first grade teacher. Hopefully if the mother continues to hear about the same types of problems next year, she may start to change her mi...See More

May 3, 2015

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Anyone ever heard of this? Is it age appropriate?

by AFK, SLP

Apr 28, 2015

I just came across this website and thought I would ask the experts. I am a speech pathologist and recently evaluated a 4 year old female. Mother and teacher expressed concern regarding the child's inability to name alphabet letters. They reported the child labels letters (examples below) as follows: W= child responds "starts with Will"; ...See More

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dspecialk I think you and her family are correct to be concerned about this child. If she has had as much exposure to letters and numbers as you have said, then you might be seeing the beginning stages of a learning disability. The fact that her brother was just found to have a processing disorder could possibly support your suspicions. There is research ava...See MoreI think you and her family are correct to be concerned about this child. If she has had as much exposure to letters and numbers as you have said, then you might be seeing the beginning stages of a learning disability. The fact that her brother was just found to have a processing disorder could possibly support your suspicions. There is research available which has found that rote language and rote math skills are processed in different brain hemispheres.

As an aside, when teaching letter names to young children it is generally believed that we teachers begin with the letters of their own name as these letters have the most meaning to the child. You might try printing her name on a sentence strip, then cutting apart the individual letters for her. She could then rebuild her name while spelling it with you.

The "starts with" technique is used for teaching phonemic awareness. Its an entirely different skill than letter naming.

On 4/29/15, ACF, SLP wrote: > Thank you, K teacher, for replying to my post. This child has > been exposed to numbers/counting, letters and proper names for > each. She comes from a lovely home where the mother has a > Ph.D. and is a licensed social worker. The mother is actually > a behavioral counselor for the children who attend our therapy > clinic. She is very skilled in her knowledge of what > children's milestones are so I have no doubts when it comes to > the teaching and/or exposure to academic milestones. > I will ask, though, if this patient has been taught the "starts > with" strategy or if her use of names instead of letters has > been reinforced in the past where the child would continue this > pattern. > As a background as to why I am considering the possibility of > her showing signs of an early processing problem, etc., I will > share that this child's older brother has recently been > diagnosed with a significant language processing disorder. His > mother always suspected something but because his "outside > layer" fooled the untrained eye for approximately 6 years, she > and he both suffered much frustration until he was able to > receive therapy services. > What are your thoughts as to this child's use of the "starts > with" strategy being a form of environmental print reading? > > On 4/28/15, K teacher wrote: >> First, the child is only FOUR years old. That said, >> has she been exposed to the letters and the >> proper name for each? Just because she has >> been in daycare or even preschool, doesn't mean >> that anyone has taught them to her. I have many >> children who have come into kindergarten and >> when shown a letter answer with a noun that >> begins with that letter. if she was taught that S >> starts Sophia's name, or the picture book has a >> star for S then that is what she is going to say. >> Along those same lines, has anyone counted with >> her - counted steps to the car, stuffed animals etc. >> If she hasn't had a lot of practice counting, she >> isn't going to be able to count. Rote counting is >> just memorizing, counting is something else (which >> is what she should be doing). >> >> My suggestion is to have the adults in her life >> spend some time working with her on these things >> and then see what happens. They don't learn this >> by osmosis but need many, many repetitions >> before they "get" it. >> >> >> On 4/28/15, AFK, SLP wrote: >>> I just came across this website and thought I >> would ask the >>> experts. I am a speech pathologist and recently >> evaluated >>> a 4 year old female. Mother and teacher >> expressed concern >>> regarding the child's inability to name alphabet >> letters. >>> They reported the child labels letters (examples >> below) as >>> follows: W= child responds "starts with Will"; G= >> starts >>> with Gabby; J= Jeremiah, S= Sophia. This child >> is also >>> unable to rote count or identify numbers. >>> Is this normal for a 4 year old who has been in >> daycare >>> since birth and preschool this entire academic >> year? If >>> not typical, does anyone know what her errors >> may >>> indicate? Early dyslexia? Early >> Processing/Memory >>> problems? Her naming ability was age >> appropriate given the >>> Expressive One Word Picture Vocabulary Test. >> I'm not sure >>> how this website works but my email is >> [email removed].

May 27, 2015

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Hat This child sounds very normal to me.

Jun 16, 2015

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Which Math series do you like?

by JinK

Apr 16, 2015

If you have a Math series aligned to the Common Core that works well in your Kindergarten Classroom, I'd appreciate hearing from you. Our district is purchasing new Math and we (the teachers) have to submit reviews by next week.

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DonnaR/CA We have teachers in our district who are piloting two different curricula for Math, with intentions of adopting and purchasing for next year. Which ones are your district looking at?

Our current Math books were adopted about 11 years ago -- I remember learning the Math book in my last year of teaching 5th grade.

Donna

Apr 19, 2015

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1 to 1 ipads in kindergarten

by Shelly

Apr 14, 2015

New poll Wondering how many of you use ipads in K Do you like them? Are you a 1 tov1 school?

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Flacka We have 3 iPad carts , each with a class set and share the cart between 2 grades. I use a couple in my room each day for Daily 5 and sometimes for some math activities. We limited apps on them but even with that, the kids do seem to like them.

On 4/14/15, Shelly wrote: > New poll > Wondering how many of you use ipads in K > Do you...See More

Apr 15, 2015

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Switching from 3rd to K!

by Christiana

Apr 12, 2015

I've been teaching grades 3 & 4 for the last 17 years. I decided to mix things up and teach full-day Kindergarten. This will be our district's first year having full-day. What do I do to get ready? Any books you would suggest? Schedule? Classroom Management? Skills? Aiyiyi! Excited, but nervous!

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kaitlin A good "How to Teach the Alphabet" workbook is Super Seatwork - Letter Recognition, by Mary Pecci. You may also like the workbooks, Color Words and Number Words. It keeps them busy and learning while you're busy planning the next step. You can check these out on OnlineReadingTeacher.com.

On 4/12/15, DonnaR/CA wrote: > Flacka h...See More

Jun 8, 2015

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k On 4/12/15, Christiana wrote: > I've been teaching grades 3 & 4 for the last 17 years. I > decided to mix things up and teach full-day Kindergarten. > This will be our district's first year having full-day. What do I > do to get ready? Any books you would suggest? Schedule? > Classroom Management? Skills? Aiyiyi! Excited, but ner...See More

Jul 4, 2015

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sightwords

by dave

Apr 12, 2015

I'm looking for advice the help my daughter. She can rattle through her site words but when they come in a sentence, She sounds out even two letter words. She is clever and I have no fear she'll get over it.. but I want to help her out.

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flacka She has obviously learned the words in isolation but hasn't yet made the leap to recognize them in a sentence. There are a lot of sight word practice sheets on the internet or you could make them up. Target 1 word such as "see" and have her practice writing the word and saying it as she writes it. Then write some very simple sentences wit...See More

Apr 12, 2015

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Stumped

by CathyJax

Apr 9, 2015

Hey y'all, I am a veteran teacher, but sure would like ideas for a sweet child. I have this little girl who is from a very sheltered family of a different culture. She has had GREAT difficulty interacting with her peers. The other children are very kind to her and often invite her to join them in any type of play or be their learning partner, but s...See More

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retiring

by Oldie but goodie

Apr 6, 2015

I am retiring at the end of the year and have taught preK or K for the past 20 years. I have bought most of my materials myself and I would like to sell what I can as I have spent a HUGE amount of money to buy these things. I have professional books, resource books for worksheets and activities, classroom activities for different skills, puzzles an...See More

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Kindergarten Round-Up?

by Jennifer Starcke

Mar 30, 2015

I need to do a K Round up this year (yes, I know it's late) and I'm wondering what other people do. In the past I have had the Pre-K's come for a session, I talked briefly to parents & then to the kiddos to do an activity, while the principal & others talked to parents.

What do you you do - parents only - parents & kids - kids ...See More

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Steve On 3/30/15, Jennifer Starcke wrote: > I need to do a K Round up this year (yes, I know it's late) >

Our K round-up is just a time for parents to fill out the registration forms, have questions about the forms answered. I give the kids a short test - ID letters, see how high they can count and write their name. We are at a one K class...See More

Mar 31, 2015

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JenniferS/KS/K Steve,

Thank you for the ideas! I love the idea of the PreK's coming in on the Wednesdays in May.

Thank you!

On 3/31/15, Steve wrote: > On 3/30/15, Jennifer Starcke wrote: >> I need to do a K Round up this year (yes, I know it's late) >> > > Our K round-up is just a time for parents to fill out the &...See More

Apr 1, 2015

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I Teach K conference

by DonnaR/CA

Mar 30, 2015

Is anyone from this board going to the Las Vegas conference this year? I can't believe, my district actually helped me pay for the tuition!

Donna

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Lori/KS/6 I'll be attending the Differentiated Instruction Conference which is taking place at the same time same place as the K conference. I'm thrilled to be able to go and can only do it because my school has somehow managed to pay for my tuition. Enjoy!!!

Mar 30, 2015

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JenniferS/KS/K I'll be going to Vegas for I Teach K! I'm SO excited.

On 3/30/15, DonnaR/CA wrote: > Is anyone from this board going to the Las Vegas conference > this year? I can't believe, my district actually helped me > pay for the tuition! > > > Donna

Mar 30, 2015

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