For some of this, maybe a peer could be a scribe for him, or maybe he could tape record some things. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 8:27 PM Subject: [MOSAIC] question about a student
>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. > > _______________________________________________ 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.
