Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Sweet and low Mrs. Smith has a new student added recently to her first grade classroom. This student is a very sweet student, but a very low student academically. She cannot copy onto paper from the board, cannot recognize print and needs one to one help with every assignment that is given. Mrs. Smith's school does not allow moving grades, as she has asked about possible Kindergarten placement. How can this student have a successful year in first grade? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) Mrs. Smith will need to meet the student where she is. She can provide her with sentence starters. Also, provide the student with hands on games to assist the students with letter and word recognition. The teacher can also put her on wordfall.com to help the student learn how to recognize print. I would also make sure the student does not need eye glasses. She could contact the parents, share her concerns, and provide strategies and activities they can do at home to assist.                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: I think that communicating the concerns to the parent would be very important. I think that the recommendations will help the student get to where she needs to be to start, however, the student may still struggle to keep up with the classmates in regards to the remainder of the first grade material too. Rated On: October 19, 2014 3:24 pm Rated By: JabuDu                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: I think you made some great suggestions. I agree that the parents should be contacted and the concerns should be shared so that a group effort can be made for the success of the student. The teacher can not do everything so home help is a very important. Rated On: October 19, 2014 3:26 pm Rated By: uVejeg                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: It may take a little extra effort with this student, but by making it obvious that you are doing all you can to help her can make her less anxious and show that you really care about her learning. This will make it much easier to work with this student and catch her up to the rest of the class. Rated On: October 19, 2014 7:22 pm Rated By: MaXuDe                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: This is a great idea. Meeting the student where she is shows you care enough about her education to help her. Rated On: October 19, 2014 9:10 pm Rated By: SuGaNe                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: This is helpful Rated On: February 26, 2015 4:14 pm Rated By: Tabitha Tirado