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I have one kid in the lower track and I absolutely hate hime being in a class with kids mostly smarter than him  He struggles daily and I would love for him to be with peers at his level.  Maybe lower ratios and more direct teaching would help these kids.  Right now he blows off worksheets because he is embarrassed.  And because he can.  No one is watching him or helping him.  Then he gets labeled as a problem child.  Very frustrating.  [/quote]

My DD is in first grade, and I see this weekly when I volunteer.  If I'm there, I can sit with the kids who are having difficulty and walk them through what they should be doing.  Otherwise, the kids who don't get what's going on just blow them off and learn that they're stupid (which I adamantly do NOT believe, I just hear the kids say 'Larla is good at math, I'm not').  More direct instruction would be better for ALL the kids.

I agree with lower ratios of the kids who need to catch up.  Putting them with the kids who are more advanced isn't helping.  Some people on here have argued that the kids who are above level are helping the kids who need to catch up, but I don't see this happen.  The kids who speed through the worksheets, just go to the reading corner and read or take extra bathroom breaks, etc.  [/quote]

I volunteer often and see the same thing. It is sad that these struggling kids just give up after watching peers move faster than them. [/quote]

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