Talk me down from pulling my kid out of school
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Anonymous
| Teacher here. What school system is she in? I am with pgcps. We are not allowed to keep anyone back this year. Everyone moves on. In other words, do what you can and don’t drive yourself crazy with it. |
Anonymous
| Do not unenroll her! That’s a procedural nightmare with IEP for next year. Just stop doing the work, and let her do her own projects at home. |
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My kid is not SN but I am not doing the zoom or assignments. I told the teacher that as we are both working ( esential/firstresponders) the schedule and time/effort don't make sense and I would keep DD engaged myself. I do make her read every day and do one book report a week, daily math that you can find online that is grade level. We also go for hikes/walks/bike rides, she practices her instrument every day and we do an art/craft project about twice a week ( Pinterest is my friend).
Life is so much better. They will NOT be behind, they are not really learning new work, Our elem kids will be ok. |
Anonymous
| Struggling with this too OP. My 4th grader with SN struggles even more in this format. Endless slides and solo work doesn’t click for her. Math is impossible and it’s her worst area by far. I don’t want to stop completely but school is anxiety inducing for her and home has ALWAYS been the place where she can exist without anxiety. I can’t make home into school and bring that performance anxiety and fear here. I can’t do it. We are doing what we can and it’s not nearly all of it but doing it all would be impossible for her. I am a teacher so I know very well that despite what schools are saying and even in good faith trying, they can not replicate or provide those services and accommodations kids need at a distance. |
Anonymous
Smilar NP here. OP: We talk to the teacher and Sped pretty regularly and tell them what we are doing. For example, when I don't do the official math assignment, I tell them what we did do. I'm also taking this time to remediate and teach new skills (typing). It's working so far. There's no grading and everybody moves on. Feel free to "unschool" but I wouldn't suggest un-enrolling. |
Anonymous
Yes, can you do this? Can you get an overview of what she's suppose to learn for the rest of the year and find another way for her to work on it (workbooks, other websites, whatever)? It's probably not as much content as you fear, especially if you consider you will have the summer to work on it, too. |
Anonymous
You aren't doing unschooling you are doing a curriculum that works better for your child. They should teach all kids typing, especially now. One of the best things we did. |
Anonymous
I don't get if there are no SN or other reasons why your child cannot do it. Any older elementary not SN should be able to do most themselves and just younger ones need help. |
Anonymous
I am the PP. I will give you an example why. My kid is 7 and in 2nd grade and quite a good reader. Last weeks reading assignment thru mcps was to " listen to" not read 2 different texts. One was a story about Alexander Graham Bell and the other was a short poem about buffalo. The work assignment was to compare the two and write which one you liked best. My DD wrote " I liked the buffalo poem because I like animals" So there was no reading actually involved and the writing was one sentence, yes she could have written more but she thought they were both lame so.......We also had to be online for zoom when one of us is at work and the other one is usually sleeping due to being shift workers/1st responders. This week ( after opting out of the mcps reading/literacy) she read the book Malala and then wrote a one page book report with a beginning middle and end about Malala's story. We have also talked about how lucky we are to live where we do. compared to other parts of the world. So my plan is to have her keep reading every day and do one book report a week. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
She did it just fine. She's in 2nd. She should not be writing an essay. She can read the assignment by putting on the closed captioning. She should be able to log onto zoom on her own. Who is taking care of her while the parent sleeps? Sounds like you need a sitter. You do realize this is the SN board and your child is doing well so what is your point? Most of our kids are doing lame assignments but its still not optional. We make ours do it and supplement with other stuff. |
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I would enroll her a homeschool student, and have her do something academic, but it can be something that's fun for her and reasonable for you. That way when you return your ducks are in a row and there's no question that she's ready to move on to sixth.
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As much as I want to unenroll both my kid, we would lose the IEP and start the fall without modifications and services.
So we’re just doing whatever works for our family (2 parents working at home, 3 kids ... we can’t possibly oversee all that school work.) There is no possible way for them to retain a child because they can’t guarantee that all kids have access to a learning environment. I think as long as it looks like you “attended” it will be fine. |
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Homeschooler here. I would homeschool without hesitation.
And with all the chaos at the moment, my guess is that anxious kids are going to have a harder time when school eventually resumes as well. Even if they have been keeping up (due to engaged parents, etc), plenty of other kids will be so far behind that I think the school environment will actually be far more stressful than normal with lots of behavioral issues, needing to revise things that they should have already learned, really large spread of learning levels, frustrated teachers, etc. I can't even imagine sending my anxious elementary kid back into that. |
Anonymous
I know you mean well but this is the SN board. Please dont co opt it to talk about your NT kid who is doing fine. |