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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What you’re considering sounds a lot like what the teacher did when my son was assigned to IIS. I thought it was a thoughtful approach and one that really tried to meet each kid where they were. Unfortunately it didn’t really work. Kids who struggled to get the reading done didn’t do it. Having unlimited choice within a subject matter was overwhelming to the point of paralysis for my son who has ADHD and mental health issues. Just sharing because you seem so negative towards the posters who suggest a list and I have experienced, albeit as a parent, the failure of what you are proposing for kids with disabilities.

I want to also add that the teacher who tried this was amazing and very thoughtful. So I don’t think the lack of success was due to her lack of skill and commitment. [/quote]

There will be suggestions for the kids- I’m just not giving them a “You HAVE to pick from this” list. As with any child with LD, there’s certainly accommodations made that allow them to learn within the curriculum. I would never *not* adjust for a student who needed an adjustments or modification. And any student has the opportunity to conference about their reading or writing with me/ that’s a fixed feature of workshops.  Did your child’s  teacher have accountability pieces embedded in the unit? Kids meeting in small groups or doing small assignments to correspond with their reading? Giving them roles within their small groups they had to fulfill? Did she provide in class reading time? All do these things, while not foolproof, help keep kids from just saying “I didn’t read.” [/quote]

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