Is this the only classroom of students for this grade?
How are your public schools?
In our area, public schools don't demand as much cursive as the private ones do.
Also, our public schools have more specialized services and help than our private.
I have a friend whose oldest 2 flourished at the local elementary school. Her younger child learned differently and after working with the administration had to move her to another nearby district with different teaching methods that reached the child and met their learning needs much better.
Our public schools are excellent (oldest DS is in 10th grade, public all the way, no issues at all with his teachers ) but this kid just couldn't function. He needs the stricter, quieter setting that this school provides. He went from being such a behavior issue that the school wanted me to medicate him in kindergarten (5!!!!!!!) to being consistently rewarded for good behavior when we changed schools. When we went to visit the private school for the first time, the first thing he asked was "where's the color chart Mom? How do they know who the bad kids are?"
first I would start with occupational therapy.second I would inform the school that the student should use any means to record information such as a lap top or tablet. If he she can’t type then the use of a scribe. Handwriting should never hold a student back
No tablets or technology at this school. I agree, I won't let them hold him back on handwriting alone but he does need to be able to write.
Is your son left handed by chance? It is so much easier for a leftie if the notebook is upside down, because the binding gets in the way the "correct" way.
No, he writes right handed, he just does everything else left-handed. No idea what's up with that.
No. It is designed to be practical. Pretty is not it's purpose. While I agree, learning to write in cursive is like having to learn to read and write hieroglyphics (a dead language), the very reason cursive writing was designed was for practicality and to save time and effort while writing. It allows words to be written without having to lift the utensil off the page, thus saving time and effort.
Completely agree, I love that this school emphasizes cursive. My oldest learned just enough that he can sign his name. That's it. youngest actually writes better with cursive than he does printing. He was allowed to switch a little earlier than the other kids to see if it improved his consistency. Unfortunately, it didn't. I don't know that it's an occupational therapy issue so much as laziness, but we'll try some of the hand strengthening suggestions that others have made to see if they help.
I can't do a lot of writing in print, my hand cramps up. Cursive is so much easier.
That is just a lack of leadership. If we have a technology package we expect our employees to use management enforces it.
Agree, oldest has a teacher this year that refuses to use the online system. Drives us both nuts.
I want to address the socks... what in the world, who cares.... he has on socks... and is a kid.. for goodness sake, ... it certainly is not going to affect his learning by having on mis-matched sock... or disrupt the class.... this is absolutely ridiculous... nit picky and completely unnecessary...
Not everything is one size fits all... as well as learning is not all one size fits one kid...
Your son might need a different environment to learn in, different teaching style or approach, classroom set up, and such..
My socks don't match most days, either. I honestly thought he'd get by with it that one time, both socks were uniform appropriate, they just weren't the same sock. Live and learn I guess.
There are only 10 second graders at this school, so this is the only second grade class. I told him this morning that if he didn't like his current teacher, he needed to straighten up and do his work correctly this first time and with a better attitude or he'd be right back in her class next year.