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Case: Math or Reading A second grade student is a struggling reader, but can complete math facts and problems excellently. When given the formative math assessment, the student failed. He had to read the word problems and he didn't know the words. Should the student be penalized for not knowing the math vocabulary? Or should the teacher read the test to him? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I also have the same dilemma with one of my students. He struggles in reading and is on a reading tier, but he is an excellent math student. This one student also struggles with math terms and having to read word problems in general, so I feel as if he should not be punished for that. I do make him attempt to read the problems, and I help him along the way when he gets to a word he just absolutely cannot read. It takes him a lot longer to complete those types of math problems, but when he takes his time, and with my help on the "big" words, he understands what the problem is asking him to do. I teach second grade, and all of my co-teachers (including myself) read the assessments to all students up until Christmas break. When the students get back to school after that, they start doing their assessments on their own. Of course I will continue to pull my struggling students for small group assessment, but other than that, I try to remove myself as being a 'crutch' to some of the students who just do not want to read the problems. |
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