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wanttorun100
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 Posted: 10/14/05 - 09:04 Post subject: Reading troubles at school
WTR#1 is getting in trouble for reading too much at school. When he gets bored with what they're doing he pulls out a book and read!
So the teacher had him put his library books on her desk and he can get them when he has quite time. So he got bored doing writting drills. No problem he whip out his science book and starts to read it! 
Man I'm glad we go to a small school where the teachers have the time to deal with him.
Last year he read through all the independant reading program books they had for third grade so they gave him a seventh grade science book. He loved it. Read the whole thing cover to cover.
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Posted: 10/14/05 - 09:08 Post subject:
That's sad that they "discourage" him from reading. I'd say time to put him in homeschool! 
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Posted: 10/14/05 - 09:09 Post subject:
| DCRunningDiva wrote: | | That's sad that they "discourage" him from reading. I'd say time to put him in homeschool! |
Dives can teach him. She's got lots of time on her hands, what with a cleaning woman and all. 
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Posted: 10/14/05 - 09:10 Post subject:
| DCRunningDiva wrote: | | That's sad that they "discourage" him from reading. I'd say time to put him in homeschool! |
I didn't read it that they were discouraging him from reading, but teaching to to do the task at hand (i.e. writing drills).
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wanttorun100
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Posted: 10/14/05 - 09:13 Post subject:
| DCRunningDiva wrote: | | That's sad that they "discourage" him from reading. I'd say time to put him in homeschool! |
no no they don't discourage reading - however you have to finish your othe school work like writting drills BEFOR you do reading.
Actually the teachers spend more time with him working on socal skills than academics. He got Mrs WTR's smarts. He soaks stuff in like a spong and sticks too. They tried to give him an 8th grade science book (they thought it would be more fun) but he got frustrated that he didn't have the math skills to do some of the stuff in it.
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Posted: 10/14/05 - 09:15 Post subject:
| gretriever wrote: | | DCRunningDiva wrote: | | That's sad that they "discourage" him from reading. I'd say time to put him in homeschool! |
Dives can teach him. She's got lots of time on her hands, what with a cleaning woman and all. |
I've gotta say that with the purchase of the new wireless laptop and the cleaning service I have become a PRO at multi-tasking. I'm actually doing homeschool as I type this! Of course, we are doing math and he has a workbook he is doing right now. Gotta love trying to distinguish between vertical, horizontal, and oblique line segments!
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Posted: 10/14/05 - 09:15 Post subject:
My son had the same problem!
Only his teacher kept taking his ATV and 4 Wheeler magazines away from him.... 
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Posted: 10/14/05 - 09:16 Post subject:
| wanttorun100 wrote: | | DCRunningDiva wrote: | | That's sad that they "discourage" him from reading. I'd say time to put him in homeschool! |
no no they don't discourage reading - however you have to finish your othe school work like writting drills BEFOR you do reading.
Actually the teachers spend more time with him working on socal skills than academics. He got Mrs WTR's smarts. He soaks stuff in like a spong and sticks too. They tried to give him an 8th grade science book (they thought it would be more fun) but he got frustrated that he didn't have the math skills to do some of the stuff in it. |
except for the Math parts your son sounds like me. I used to pull the same stunts in school. Even had student/teacher editions of the science texts.
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Posted: 10/14/05 - 09:18 Post subject:
| wanttorun100 wrote: | | DCRunningDiva wrote: | | That's sad that they "discourage" him from reading. I'd say time to put him in homeschool! |
no no they don't discourage reading - however you have to finish your othe school work like writting drills BEFOR you do reading.
Actually the teachers spend more time with him working on socal skills than academics. He got Mrs WTR's smarts. He soaks stuff in like a spong and sticks too. They tried to give him an 8th grade science book (they thought it would be more fun) but he got frustrated that he didn't have the math skills to do some of the stuff in it. |
Oops. Sorry. I read it the wrong way. I'm glad they aren't discouraging him, though. But, if he is that smart you really should consider homeschooling so he doesn't have to wait to read those 7-8th grade science books!
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Posted: 10/14/05 - 09:19 Post subject:
| HYPERASHEL wrote: | | wanttorun100 wrote: | | DCRunningDiva wrote: | | That's sad that they "discourage" him from reading. I'd say time to put him in homeschool! |
no no they don't discourage reading - however you have to finish your othe school work like writting drills BEFOR you do reading.
Actually the teachers spend more time with him working on socal skills than academics. He got Mrs WTR's smarts. He soaks stuff in like a spong and sticks too. They tried to give him an 8th grade science book (they thought it would be more fun) but he got frustrated that he didn't have the math skills to do some of the stuff in it. |
except for the Math parts your son sounds like me. I used to pull the same stunts in school. Even had student/teacher editions of the science texts. |
This doesn't surprise me - SCIENCE GEEK! 
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Posted: 10/14/05 - 09:19 Post subject:
If it had been a Harry Potter book, he would have been applauded though 
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Posted: 10/14/05 - 09:21 Post subject:
| DCRunningDiva wrote: | | HYPERASHEL wrote: | | wanttorun100 wrote: | | DCRunningDiva wrote: | | That's sad that they "discourage" him from reading. I'd say time to put him in homeschool! |
no no they don't discourage reading - however you have to finish your othe school work like writting drills BEFOR you do reading.
Actually the teachers spend more time with him working on socal skills than academics. He got Mrs WTR's smarts. He soaks stuff in like a spong and sticks too. They tried to give him an 8th grade science book (they thought it would be more fun) but he got frustrated that he didn't have the math skills to do some of the stuff in it. |
except for the Math parts your son sounds like me. I used to pull the same stunts in school. Even had student/teacher editions of the science texts. |
This doesn't surprise me - SCIENCE GEEK! |
8th grade i got a microscope. i used to poke my finger for blood samples back then. Little did i know then i was in "vocational" homeschooling
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Posted: 10/14/05 - 09:23 Post subject:
| HYPERASHEL wrote: | | DCRunningDiva wrote: | | HYPERASHEL wrote: | | wanttorun100 wrote: | | DCRunningDiva wrote: | | That's sad that they "discourage" him from reading. I'd say time to put him in homeschool! |
no no they don't discourage reading - however you have to finish your othe school work like writting drills BEFOR you do reading.
Actually the teachers spend more time with him working on socal skills than academics. He got Mrs WTR's smarts. He soaks stuff in like a spong and sticks too. They tried to give him an 8th grade science book (they thought it would be more fun) but he got frustrated that he didn't have the math skills to do some of the stuff in it. |
except for the Math parts your son sounds like me. I used to pull the same stunts in school. Even had student/teacher editions of the science texts. |
This doesn't surprise me - SCIENCE GEEK! |
8th grade i got a microscope. i used to poke my finger for blood samples back then. Little did i know then i was in "vocational" homeschooling |
That is encouraging since Joshua just got his first microscope this year. For a cheap lab kit the microscope is pretty good - I was impressed! Of course, he now wants to look at every single dead bug we find (or kill). 
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Posted: 10/14/05 - 09:32 Post subject:
I have been very impressed by the homeschooled kids I've met.
I think for #1 son the school situation is actually better for him. They do some peer teaching so he actually helps some of the other students. The other students are now trying to get him to do stuff like go out for JFL (football).
We have a real advantage here. He's in the largest class size in the district right now which is about 25 - 27 students per room. It'll go down next year to 15 - 18 when they go from two classes per grade to three. Teachers have lots of time to work with each child.
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Posted: 10/14/05 - 09:40 Post subject:
| jrjo wrote: | | If it had been a Harry Potter book, he would have been applauded though |
I don't think it would have been applauded--he wasn't finishing the tasks the teacher gave him--which is an important part of learning.
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