[nvr.4.gtn]

learning in school right now (home school too)?



nichole does a lot of creative writing in her school. So they do that a lot. Also last week was reviewing things they "want" vs "need" and how textiles are made to produce those things. they were doing friction for science.

[AmAnDaMo]

science = magnets

math = subtraction

reading = in her reading group, they mostly just read independently

writing = personal narratives and friendly letters

social studies = MLK

[*Valerie*]

I hate this because I can honestly say I don't know. It makes me sad and angry that the communication home is ridiculous We are getting art projects but that's it. He's reading and I know that, but other than a "Here's what your child should be doing now" paper he got that all kindergarteners got, NADA, ZILCH, ZIP.....I am emailing tonight because he may not even be able to move up in Tae Kwon Do because he hasn't been able to take work in 3 days because we've gotten nothing but art since the beginning of Dec
Rant over

[nvr.4.gtn]

why can't he move up in taekwon do?

[*Valerie*]

Sorry--didn't make that clear did I His TKD instructor is very particular about how they do in school and requires them to show their work at least 3 times during the session. He hasn't taken one item in because everything is art projects. They haven't had homework or anything since the 1st week of Dec. and Mr. Chung wants to see more than a picture

[nvr.4.gtn]

what about his report card? I don't val i would request another conferance with the teacher AND the principal at the same time. This teacher is insane!!!

[BensMom]

Valerie - Yeah, I'd be upset, too. There should be something more than art coming home each day/week!

Nicole - I need the PW for the private subforum so I can go into more detail about our past week's testing, etc.

As for school - We're starting our spring semester tomorrow:

Bible - 5th grade patriarchal age study (early OT books)

Writing - 4 days a week it's just cursive handwriting practice, one day a week it's either occupational therapy homework and/or letter-writing to penpal(s)

Math - 3 days a week we're still working on 2nd-3rd grade basic math skills, and 2 days a week (starting this semester), we're learning strategy games to work on his problem solving skills before heading into middle school math in about 12-18 mos. (Quirkle, Chess, Triominoes, Risk, Blokus, etc.)

English - Same old, same old. 5th grade textbook.

Latin - he's halfway through a 3 year elementary curriculum (4-6th grades). We'll do elementary greek when he's finished with this, and then go back to high school latin when he's old enough to compete

Science - just finished elementary anatomy, starting elementary botany this semester (it's a K-6 curriculum, adaptable to any grade level, so we'll go back and do these more in depth before middle school. He's on the last book of a 6 book series including 3 zoologies and astronomy as well)

History - book 2 of 4... he did ancient history last year, and he's halfway through middle ages this year... renaissance next year up to modern by the end of the next year... it's a cyclical series for K-12 that we'll use again in much more depth for two more cycles

Geography - picking up where we left off last summer learning names of all the countries in the world through songs and mapping... also learning a limited number of interesting facts about different regions, all the major oceanic names, and states/capitals (again... he learned those a few years ago but has forgotten some of them)

Art - working on a curriculum that specifically deals with motor skills, since he's struggling there

Spelling - 7th grade - flying through a comprehensive adult curriculum stopping to work on anything he misses... he's a natural speller, so we only do this a couple days a week

Music - review of music theory... wanted to start piano this semester, but he's still not able to isolate his fingers yet, so he can't type or play an instrument yet... one more year, perhaps?

Reading - working very hard on comprehension & inference, because those are lacking with his Asperger's diagnosis

Other - bowling league on tuesdays, therapy on wed/thur, and PE (*ahem* xbox/kinect with friends *ahem*) on fridays

[*Valerie*]

We get report cards today so I am anxious to see what it says. I definitely need to pursue more as well so I am probably dropping the ball as well. I am going out there today for a meeting that's unrelated but I am hoping to chat a bit and find out what they are up to and how things are going.