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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So the more I’m writing this all out I think the better way to frame this issue would be that DC appears not to be understanding assignments in this class for some reason and perhaps we can ask the teacher to be clearer about their expectations and not make it about grades at all. [/quote]
Bingo OP.  Was coming in to say this but you figured it out.  It's time to drop your focus on grades.  I think your conversations with DC about this teacher have been inappropriate and unhelpful.  Re-read 07:57's last sentence to you.  Next, ask yourself what skills would help your DC navigate this teacher's assignments.  Focus?  Verbal expression?  Self-advocacy?  Metacognition?  Perspective-taking?  Flexibility?  Emotional resilience?  Make sure you are supporting your DC's development of these skills at home.

Classroom ADHD 504 accommodations can include student repeating instructions back to the teacher so the teacher can check for student understanding and also, student verbal rehearsal of ideas before writing, to help the student develop their thoughts more thoroughly.  Warning though.  If you expect teachers to do this for your DC for every one-sentence task, it's time to pull out and homeschool.[/quote]

So to be clear I have not expressed any of this to my child besides asking questions like “what was the prompt for this assignment” and suggesting that they follow up on the expectations with the teacher directly (which they have done in the past with other teachers) and I was most taken aback by their refusal to do it themselves this time because of their perception of the teacher. The conversation about eye rolling was initiated by my child who realized in retrospect that the teacher did not appreciate it so I expressed agreement they should not do that again. But they are very frustrated with this teacher and feel conversation with them will not be productive.  I have never gotten involved in anything academic before so sort of trying to navigate this.

I try really hard to support teachers and told DC I have misunderstood assignments during school and now at work and it’s just something that happens.

Our school is a little weird in that only like 10 percent or even less of the work gets a real grade. At DC age most work gets a smiley face or something and no edits or comments. So I was thinking of asking the teacher to focus on clarifying expectations for graded work, and trying to put assignments in writing so if this happens again at least DC can look back and say ok I was supposed to write 3 paragraphs here or something like that. [/quote]

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