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[quote=Anonymous]Child has ADHD and dyslexia and is in the 3rd grade.  Here is an example that came home last week.  Math quiz with 4 questions.  It's a very easy test.  Across the top is a list of objects and each object has a number corresponding to the number of objects.  Hypothetically, let's say 36 geese, 145 eagles, and so forth.  The questions are word problems like, "How many flying animals does Mary see" and other questions designed to get the child to figure out which numbers he has to add or subtract.  The first time my child takes the test he gets a 50% because for two of the questions, when trying to figure out how many flying animals (should be 36 + 145, based on my hypothetical), he writes 39 + 45 and adds correctly but obviously gets it wrong.  The questions build from one another, so if you got one number wrong in question 2, then you aren't going to get question 3 correct (e.g, a word problem where the goal is to subtract the number of animals with 4 feet from the total number of flying animals that you calculated previously).  So they offer him a retake and this time he writes there are 132 geese and proceeds to perform the addition correctly but get everything wrong again. Grr.
So he knows how to perform the math asked of him, and he knows what he's looking for, but he will transpose digits, copy the number incorrectly, etc.  And then make the same sort of mistakes repeatedly when given another try.  Not sure if it's the dyslexia or not paying enough attention.  I hate there are so few questions, and that if you get one wrong you'll miss the rest, and that knowing how to perform the math doesn't help this kid with his quizzes and tests.  Are we just stuck here or is there an accommodation that would help?
When he's home and making these mistakes on his homework, I ask him to check his numbers again and i'll keep asking him until he's at least starting the problem with the correct numbers.

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