I am starting to work with Esme on subtraction, and carrying over larger addition numbers... began a little bit of length, measurement and halves vs. quarters. Her behavior in school is still getting her in trouble... not too many of the things serious, but most of them indicate boredom with what they are teaching. She has been going and listening at other doorways of classes instead of going back to class - and that gets her in trouble... and a few other things that just indicate she wants to find out where 'the action is.' Her handwriting and cutting skills are a bit better, but she finds them laborious at the best. We were practicing the sewing and cutting out a pattern tonight, again, and she showed some good perseverance. Someone had been telling her that she could do 'good enough'...when what she was doing was really only a half-effort on her handwriting. Trying to backtrack to get rid of that idea. She really thought there was no school this month because I had not written it on her calendar... we talked about school being a place to see kids, but it doesn't mean the kids will be friends, and learning to make good decisions while she is at school is the big thing.
I will continue the extension of math at home, because she doesn't get it at school, they have just barely started addition as a concept. I hope it will help her to feel she is learning something if she does this at home before and after school when I'm available?
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It has actually shown that her behavior is better with 1.) a good amount of sleep and 2.) enough time spent in the morning doing 'something' before school that she feels challenged on. We also talk about what she should not do and give her that time before the bus comes to pose any questions or voice complaints to discuss. All of that has proved to improve her behavior over the course of a week that started badly, at least, and more than once this year.
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