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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]better not go into the school with this attitude if you expect them to actually take your concerns seriously.  have you talked to the teacher about your concerns???  [/quote]

I talked to the teacher.  She just kind of brushes it off and did not take it seriously, but she doesn't know the family.  She read a book to the kids about being friends and making friends.  I think that's about it.  I've been couching DD to say "no" and set boundaries.  I don't know how she'll do, she says she's scared of the other girl.

So I went to volunteer at the class to see what's going on and now I'm a little sad.  The teacher spends half of the time yelling at them to be quiet.   DD is very very quiet, not like herself at home at all.  She's completely invisible among the other, more loud and articulate kids.

Also, she doesn't pay attention all the time and gets distracted.  So that's something we have to work on.  I was amazed at a couple of kids who are extraordinarily attentive and follow instructions to the tee.  I'm surprised kids at 5 can have this kind of attention.

They spent thirty minutes writing a letter "S", then went to lunch.  I could do this at home with her in 10 minutes.  Meanwhile, they're required to sit and be quiet the whole time.

The teacher is multitasking all the time.

For example, she gave them a task that required to draw the settings of where something was taking place.  Most children don't know what a setting is.  She explained it very briefly while it was very noisy and many of them did not get it.  She went on to focus on something else, did not reinforce it.  They kids did whatever and I'm sure if you ask them an hour later "what's a setting?" they would not be able to answer it.  I kind of expected it, so that's why I supplement at home.[/quote]

how big is the class?  it sounds like it may be on the large size which might be part of the problem.[/quote]

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