If he's on a 504, he very likely has been tested for SPED. > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]> Date: Wed, 12 Sep > 2007 01:27:08 +0000> 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.
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