Teachers say 3rd grader working too slowly

[Anonymous]

What types of work is the child not completing quickly, aside from the social-emotional worksheets? Are these questions with open-ended answers or is she having issues completing math worksheets too?

Some kids need to be taught how to answer open-ended questions quickly. They get bogged down trying to figure out the perfect response, and they need practice learning how to give a good, even if not perfect, answer.

[Anonymous]

How did they score high if they didn't finish tests in a timely way?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How did they score high if they didn't finish tests in a timely way?

DS8 reports that all the tests we takes at school (NWEA for example) are not timed. One kid took 4 sessions to do the math test.

[Anonymous]

sounds like inattentive ADHD

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We did not find out DC has dyslexia and slow processing speed until high school but looking back, this was an early sign. He is very smart and read but much slower than others. The sooner you find any issues, the more time you have to address them.

That’s a tough one. He must have worked really hard to be able to do get through all those years without support. He deserves a lot of credit.

[Anonymous]

For us this was the age DS began struggling with OCD which slowed him down significantly with internal rituals to count or repeat certain movements before he would be able to attend to a required task. He was not immediately forthcoming or able to verbalize what was happening but was stressed by his perceived lack of control over his timing/actions and then getting negative feedback about slow work or delayed reaction time at sporting events.

Not suggesting that your child has OCD but just to reiterate that sometimes there’s something going on that your kids might not have the words to communicate. All thes best.