I have just finished my first week of school. By that I mean to let you know that I don't know my students well yet. I teach 8th grade, and by that I mean to let you know that I don't have the same students in my room most of the day.
I have a student with a 504 plan for ADHD. The plan does not say much. I talked to the student's mom yesterday. The mom said that the student cannot write. He *can* write, but not well, and he does not write much. He cannot copy from the overhead. He cannot read a page in a text and write about what he read. I want to use sticky notes and reading response for fiction and nonfiction, but according to what the mom told me yesterday, her son cannot do that. Students in 8th grade also have to write a major research paper, but I don't think this student can take notes from sources to put together to write a paper. The mom told me that over the summer she paid thousands of dollars to have her son tested by a private agency. (I do not know why the school did not test him for special ed.) She does not have the results of the tests yet. In the meantime, I need some ideas about what to do. I have already arranged to meet with the student one day a week after school to talk about what he understands, but one day will not be enough to help him with everything. I cannot work with this student every day -- I don't have the time. Suggestions? Thoughts? Comments? Thanks! Jan _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
