My 11 year old 6th grade daughter is LD in reading, writing and math. She has an IEP, ia in regular classroom w/ spec educ support. One of her ‘supplementary aids/services/…’ is “Option of completing daily assignments at home if not finished”. Well, her Science teacher has lately been giving classroom assignments that must be turned in at end of class. My dau is not finishing them, even with some extra time. She feels badly that she’s not finishing and wants to take them home to work on.w/ me. Not sure if I should talk to her spec educ teacher about it or not. One of dau’s IEP goals is to “be more responsible for.. completing assignments in school.” She is a slow processor so I know she is working her hardest and fastest. She is making good grades, my dau’s concern is her grades will go down. Since school year 3/4 over not sure if I should bring up, or just let slide. I don’t think these assignments will significantly affect her overall Science grade.. Any feedback would be appreciated.
Thanks, Karen
Re: 6h grader
I agree with Sara. Your daughter needs to know that you are behind her if she has a problem. He perception counts.
If she is not worried about it, don’t step in.
Re: 6h grader
I think by you bringing this topic to this bb it is important enough to you and your daughter to talk to the spec ed teacher. I would send an E-mail to the spec ed teacher and copy it to all her regular ed teachers. This way it is not threatening to the science teacher. Stating what it says in the IEP and your perception on how this is effecting your daughter.
It doesn’t matter if it is the first day of school or the last day of school.
Re: 6h grader
If she wants to bring ‘em home, she should be able to. I mean, there’s just that small chance taht the assignments even teach her some science — in which case, by not finishing them, not only are her grades hurting, but she’s not getting the background knowledge she could be getting.
I’d talk to her about the most effective way to handle it, that she’ll like — *and* if it’s at all possible, have her take some of the advocacy role. She doesn’t have to say “oh, teacher, I’m LD, I have the legal right to take this home, you need to let me” — she can tell him she isn’t able to finish despite working hard on it, and she wants to learn the stuff, and she’s willing to, say, mark how far she gets in class if he doesn’t want to give her “credit” for further than that, or just so she can keep track and try to improve (and probably if she says that he’ll realize the stupidity of that and say “of course you get credit for being independent and dedicated enough to want to take *your* time to learn this stuff!”)
It’s a difficult decision but for me it would lie in how strongly your daughter feels about it. Is she content to go on not finishing assignments? Will she be allright if in fact her grades do go down?
I’d make my decision around how much this affects her. If she were very worried and concerned, I’d likely speak with the spec. ed teacher. If you’re able to help her feel better about it without talking with the teacher, that’s great.