Josh has been doing a lot better at focusing on his homework here at home. His attitude has also changed drastically and he is so much happier now. I used your advice about getting him to recognize how he feels after accomplishing his homework and have carried it over into his other activities. He seems to really enjoy that. I talk with him everyday about school and he only has good things to say. Everyday is still 'great!' I'm wondering though, how do YOU think he's doing? It seems like he's doing pretty good on his spelling but that he's still struggling with his timed math. How's he doing with math concepts in general? How is his reading coming along? He seems to have a lot of words memorized but he struggles sounding words out. I've noticed that he doesn't recognize word 'chunks' as having a certain sound like '-tion'. Has his behavior improved at all during class time? If you have any more suggestions on things we can do at home that would help him learn things better or help him improve, I'd appreciate it.
Thanks,
Genevieve
On Tues, Sep 27, 2011
He is so adorable! He is always smiling and always seems happy. I love having him in class! I, too, have noticed that he's done much better with focusing and getting his work done. As far as timed tests go he's not the only one. Starting tomorrow I am going to have a "first stop" and a "second stop". So he'll be in the second stop and get about 30 more seconds to work. I'm mostly looking to see that students can quickly and easily add these small facts so that when we start into concepts that build upon addition it will not be completely overwhelming. On his test today (I haven't sent them home yet) he only missed answering 5 problems! So that extra 30 seconds should allow him time to finish. Josh did great on his math test! He only missed 3 out of 40 questions! I think he does well in math. As far as reading goes, I plan to be reading with him in a small group every Tuesday through Friday. He reading slightly below grade level but I'm not worried about him. I think we'll get him right on grade level in no time. We will work with words and parts of words to help him build those skills for sounding words out. The best thing you can do to help him is to have him read his "take home" book every night and to read to him. Also, rereading books is a great way to practice being a smooth, fluent reader. His behavior is great! He pays attention and remembers (most of the time!) how to behave. I am not worried about his behavior at all. :)
Let me know if you have anymore questions!
Thanks!
Rebecca
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