http://www.teachersatrisk.com/2009/10/05/the-buddy-system-is-working-well-in-my-math-class/ Elona Hartjes shares the insights, resources and practical classroom strategies that have earned her A Teacher of Distinction Award. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:44:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.teachersatrisk.com/2009/10/05/the-buddy-system-is-working-well-in-my-math-class/comment-page-1/#comment-65284 Sheila Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:51:09 +0000 http://www.teachersatrisk.com/?p=1004#comment-65284 Hi, My name is Sheila, My husband & I are raising our grandson. He is 15, we have had guardianship of him since he was 2. He is in sp. ed. he has communication disorder. Last yr. at his conference I agreed to place him in the lifeskill classes those are to help him for life after highschool, the thing is he wont get a diplome, he will get a cert. of completion, which I nor any of my family membres are too happy about. Every yr. I bring up the fact of giving spelling test& more reading for him because I feel how is he going to cope in life not being able to read or spell very well. When he was in middle school & had to write in a journal & he would ask how to spell a word he was always told just to do his best & what is that suppose to teach him? & their was also an aide in the class that also wondered the same thing. Thrir are times when we are talking & I use aword that he does not know what it means so I have to tell him it just breaks my heart for him, & he does not like having these disibilities either, he will say mamaw why do I have to be like this? And another thing that is hard to cope with is all the age differences between those in his class & the things they talk about. I'm so sorry if I bothered you too much sometimes we just need to get things off our chest, but do you have any information that would be helpful to me? Thanks for listening, Sheila Hi, My name is Sheila, My husband & I are raising our grandson. He is 15, we have had guardianship of him since he was 2. He is in sp. ed. he has communication disorder. Last yr. at his conference I agreed to place him in the lifeskill classes those are to help him for life after highschool, the thing is he wont get a diplome, he will get a cert. of completion, which I nor any of my family membres are too happy about. Every yr. I bring up the fact of giving spelling test& more reading for him because I feel how is he going to cope in life not being able to read or spell very well. When he was in middle school & had to write in a journal & he would ask how to spell a word he was always told just to do his best & what is that suppose to teach him? & their was also an aide in the class that also wondered the same thing. Thrir are times when we are talking & I use aword that he does not know what it means so I have to tell him it just breaks my heart for him, & he does not like having these disibilities either, he will say mamaw why do I have to be like this? And another thing that is hard to cope with is all the age differences between those in his class & the things they talk about. I’m so sorry if I bothered you too much sometimes we just need to get things off our chest, but do you have any information that would be helpful to me? Thanks for listening, Sheila

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