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Questions About Child's Test Scores

by Parent of 3rd grader

Nov 14, 2012

I have a bright third grade girl I have always had some concerns about her learning ability. Yesterday I got the bad news about all her low test scores in comprehension in reading, but especially in math. These are concerns I have had about the girl since she started school:

-lack of progression from reading picture books to chapter books. The librarian, her teacher as well as myself have tried linking her to books but have failed so far in "lighting the fire". She does read picture books in large numbers. She does read "how to" books about her pets so there is the possibility she is a "male type" reader that reads only for information?

-when someone reads aloud to her from chapter books, she is able to answer questions verbally about the story or can tell what is happening in the story. However, when she is asked similar questiona about content in writing, she often misses the answer. For instance. If there is a short parargraph to read, and the question is what is t...See MoreI have a bright third grade girl I have always had some concerns about her learning ability. Yesterday I got the bad news about all her low test scores in comprehension in reading, but especially in math. These are concerns I have had about the girl since she started school:

-lack of progression from reading picture books to chapter books. The librarian, her teacher as well as myself have tried linking her to books but have failed so far in "lighting the fire". She does read picture books in large numbers. She does read "how to" books about her pets so there is the possibility she is a "male type" reader that reads only for information?

-when someone reads aloud to her from chapter books, she is able to answer questions verbally about the story or can tell what is happening in the story. However, when she is asked similar questiona about content in writing, she often misses the answer. For instance. If there is a short parargraph to read, and the question is what is the main point of the paragraph, she usually doesn't get any of the right answers.

-since the teacher doesn't know what the questions are on the tests given, she wasn't able to provide me much help in what exactly my child was lacking and needed exact work in. For instance, I asked exactly what kind of questions the test asked about geometry (one she was low in). The teacher said things like how to form a shape using the terminology used in high school geometry. She said they haven't yet been on geometry this fall, but they had it last year in second grade. When I said that if she didn't remember things like that, then she really didn't learn it back then, did she? So, what do I need to do - purchase some type of textbook to figure out what she is supposed to be learning so I can review with her?

--she has poor memorization skills and still uses her fingers in adding and subtracting. She also struggles with place value. Those I can address and help her with since I know specifics.

--same child has progressively become less and less organized in her life since she started school three years ago. This is also at home, not just at school. She leaves a trail of her belongings or materials as she moves about. Her cubby area always looks trashed. Her bedrooms is always a mess. She can be sent back several times to get something in her room before we leave. She gets mad if we have to ask her to get something as she is determined to take on that responsibility, but then she still forgets it. She is responsible in taking care of some things in her life, like packing her lunch. But she still seems to lack the ability to keep her drawers, closet, books, etc in any kind of order. Then it gets so overwhelming she can not get them back to the proper places (which they are all in to begin with)and she just lives that way.

I don't know if any of these things are related to each other - the disorder around her, the memory lapses, the inability to process written questions....any advice or suggestions or comments to get us on the right track?

We have tons of books in the house. We will go the flash card route for the math facts. We have order in our home environment with a designated place for each item. She has been asked to think about what she needs to do next or to look at the path she just came from to see if there was anything she needed to do. She goes "oh" and takes care of it, but she doesn't see these things without those kinds of questions. Thanks in advance and I will take what you say into consideration.

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