JJJ
Active Member
So frustrated right now. Piglet started out fine in her high school classes, getting all As on those first assignments which are mostly simple review and getting to know you stuff. Now that the real work has started, she is drowning. I am having to reteach her math lessons at least twice. She gets it the first time I reteach it but then gets all confused when they do the next section so I have to reteach that section plus the earlier ones too. On a good note, she did take the extra time the teacher offered and finished her math test in study hall instead of just giving up on what she hadn't finished at the bell. She did end up with a B on this last quiz so the hours of extra work paid off.
The problem is that she is also drowning in English class and I am struggling to help her in that subject. Her thinking is at such a basic, simplistic level that she does not even see what the problem is. She can answer most factual questions but any question that requires an answer that she cannot copy straight from the story is nearly impossible. Even with something as simple as vocabulary, she misses all the nuances of the words. She simply uses the words most basic synonym as its meaning and that is not cutting it at this level. Her spelling remains atrocious, even with spell check as she rarely can figure out which suggested spelling is the word she means.
There are not enough hours in the day to help her as much as she needs. We're letting her finish the last two weeks on her fall sport but then she is done with major after school activities so she can study more. Very frustrated that all my concerns in junior high were pushed aside with assurances that she was doing great and did not need a re-evaluation to go back to Special Education.
The problem is that she is also drowning in English class and I am struggling to help her in that subject. Her thinking is at such a basic, simplistic level that she does not even see what the problem is. She can answer most factual questions but any question that requires an answer that she cannot copy straight from the story is nearly impossible. Even with something as simple as vocabulary, she misses all the nuances of the words. She simply uses the words most basic synonym as its meaning and that is not cutting it at this level. Her spelling remains atrocious, even with spell check as she rarely can figure out which suggested spelling is the word she means.
There are not enough hours in the day to help her as much as she needs. We're letting her finish the last two weeks on her fall sport but then she is done with major after school activities so she can study more. Very frustrated that all my concerns in junior high were pushed aside with assurances that she was doing great and did not need a re-evaluation to go back to Special Education.