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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My child has had two brand new teachers, and they have been fantastic. [/quote]

I'm in another state, but my school had a new kindergarten teacher long term sub who was really good.

I will be frank and say that when I struggled in school, my mom often suggested to the teacher how to fix it.  For example, my spelling marks were low, [b]so my mom sent in a pack of stickers so that if I scored well then I could discreetly be slipped a sticker prize at the beginning of recess. My mom was a trained but not practicing teacher, so her suggestions were reasonable and not burdensome.[/b]

1st grade is pretty easy to figure out how to supplement.

-phonics workbooks
-appropriate free reading books (lots!)
-counting by 5s, etc. drills
-using money/coins
-Adding numbers that sum to more than 10
-If very advanced, work on multiplication and division facts and theory of these

It's easy to buy drill materials for these topics.  Ask your kid to tell you if they "do it differently" at school.  Acknowledge that there are multiple methods for learning.  Just make sure your child masters one.

If your kid is bored in school, see if you can get permission for extra free reading.[/quote]

This feels - like wow.[/quote]

PP. It was the 70s.  No children were harmed in the making of this movie.  My spelling improved for the price of a 4 sheet pack of stickers.  The reason it was a secret was because neither my mom nor the teacher wanted to get in the biz of "stickers for all". Is this really so shocking to you?  At my kid's schools, some teachers have had "prize drawers".  It's all up to the teacher how they want to motivate kids. My mom just gave her a free way to motivate me that wasn't a burden.[/quote]

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