First things first... I can hear my suitemate's bed squeaking next door. Go Marrissa! It's your birthday! (No, really it is... her 21st... LOL
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As I worked with Angela she was getting increasingly more frustrated. She began to cry at one point because she couldn't get a word. I tried calming her down by reiterating that I wasn't mad at her and she was doing a good job. I gave her a hug. I told her take a deep breath, stop what she was doing for a minute, and then go back to work. But she was so quickly distracted again, it took a lot for me to not smoosh her face between my hands and point it down at the worksheet! she just did not want to do her homework. She tried getting out of it by saying "I'll finish it at home." Ha! No... you have four more sentences to finish, you can do it here. And I wasn't going to not help her.
Christina told me Oscar had a LD, which I would believe. But I think you're right - the volunteers, or just ANYONE who comes into a lengthy contact with these kids in a learning environment, need to be informed of these disabilities, as well as the program the IEP has them on. If anything so we don't get frustrated when our expectations of what a 6 year old can and cannot do have to be lowered because they aren't at their level.
I adore these kids, and I know you do too. I'm not going to leave them because they have LDs. I just want to be able to make them feel like they're succeeding at something, rather than me having to constantly correct them because they got a wrong answer.
Talk to Susan. Tell her about what happened with Angela yesterday, and if she feels she wants to speak with me, give her my cell phone number. I have class until 4:15, but after that I'm free. But I really think I have a right to know if this child has a LD if I am going to try and reinforce what is being learned in their classroom.
*is having a "ohmigod I really am a teacher" moment*
Christina told me Oscar had a LD, which I would believe. But I think you're right - the volunteers, or just ANYONE who comes into a lengthy contact with these kids in a learning environment, need to be informed of these disabilities, as well as the program the IEP has them on. If anything so we don't get frustrated when our expectations of what a 6 year old can and cannot do have to be lowered because they aren't at their level.
I adore these kids, and I know you do too. I'm not going to leave them because they have LDs. I just want to be able to make them feel like they're succeeding at something, rather than me having to constantly correct them because they got a wrong answer.
Talk to Susan. Tell her about what happened with Angela yesterday, and if she feels she wants to speak with me, give her my cell phone number. I have class until 4:15, but after that I'm free. But I really think I have a right to know if this child has a LD if I am going to try and reinforce what is being learned in their classroom.
*is having a "ohmigod I really am a teacher" moment*
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