My boy has modified homework which means if I think there is too much I can just tell him to do half of it or his teachers can modify it for him. Back in 5th grade, however, the child was getting MORE homework than other kids because whatever classwork he didn't do in school was being sent home.
The absolute worst instance of this was when he had a classroom project to make a circuit board. He needs a lot of help in staying on task at school. The project was pretty easy and could have been done in school but since the kid was doing well in science most of the time they decided to send the para (1:1 support person) to lunch at that time. The kids were given time in class to work on the project for 2 weeks at school. Apparently, my child had been doing very little work on it. So on a friday afternoon all the supplies I bought at radio shack came home almost completely untouched and I got a note that said, "This is due by monday!"
Ohhhhh, I was in such a panic. It's hard enough to get this one to do homework anyway but to rush him to finish something huge on the weekend is near impossible. I tried but was completely overwhelmed by the task myself, imagine how that was for my son. I expect he was in complete shut-down mode. We both ended up in tears and I asked him, "What did they do?! Did they just leave you to your own devices in science class?" He answered sadly, "Yes, and my devices don't work very well."
The absolute worst instance of this was when he had a classroom project to make a circuit board. He needs a lot of help in staying on task at school. The project was pretty easy and could have been done in school but since the kid was doing well in science most of the time they decided to send the para (1:1 support person) to lunch at that time. The kids were given time in class to work on the project for 2 weeks at school. Apparently, my child had been doing very little work on it. So on a friday afternoon all the supplies I bought at radio shack came home almost completely untouched and I got a note that said, "This is due by monday!"Ohhhhh, I was in such a panic. It's hard enough to get this one to do homework anyway but to rush him to finish something huge on the weekend is near impossible. I tried but was completely overwhelmed by the task myself, imagine how that was for my son. I expect he was in complete shut-down mode. We both ended up in tears and I asked him, "What did they do?! Did they just leave you to your own devices in science class?" He answered sadly, "Yes, and my devices don't work very well."
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