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#13814 - 04/15/08 10:23 AM
Re: Aleks math in school
[Re: incogneato]
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Registered: 03/08/07
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Incog, I feel for you! I'm having the same meeting today with my son's school and honestly expect the same result. But I'm also going by the idea that if you don't ask, you won't get  One of the biggest problems is that DS is bright enough and noconformist enough to see no point in doing extra work. He will either do the more challenging work or do the easy work but he is not a happy camper when he is requested to do both.:(
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#13815 - 04/15/08 10:30 AM
Re: Aleks math in school
[Re: elh0706]
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Registered: 12/14/07
Posts: 902
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Could he work on Alex if he passes the pretest? That way they wouldn't have to worry that he doesn't know their curriculum and he could still learn something new?
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#13822 - 04/15/08 11:17 AM
Re: Aleks math in school
[Re: Ania]
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Registered: 04/25/06
Posts: 778
Loc: Midwest
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We were able to have Aleks access at school as a supplement to his slightly accelerated math instruction. We pay for it, but he has used it more often than he would have if he had only been logging on occasionally at home.
It may not be ideal as a supplement, but might get them warm to the idea.
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#13826 - 04/15/08 11:33 AM
Re: Aleks math in school
[Re: delbows]
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Registered: 11/24/07
Posts: 864
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In our case, it's currently out of the question b/c there is a no headphones rule - they've been in lice lockdown for months! Oh, the joys of elementary school...
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#13830 - 04/15/08 11:40 AM
Re: Aleks math in school
[Re: questions]
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Registered: 11/24/07
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Incog, I'm sorry they seem to have backpedaled on Aleks. We were able to get pretesting, but all that means is that DS gets their challenge worksheets (without teacher help) in place of the regular stuff. The only change we got was that they agreed that he didn't have to do extra math work on top of whatever they are requiring.
They did consider, however, access to distance learning courses for him. We backed off but will probably ask about them again (supplying our own headphones, of course). As Grinity posted somewhere else, the thing that worked for us was stressing how unhappy and frustrated he's been in school. When we put it in terms of giftedness, they just cited school policy (have to conform to the curriculum, and differentiation, not acceleration) and threatened to pull his IEP.
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#13837 - 04/15/08 11:49 AM
Re: Aleks math in school
[Re: questions]
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Registered: 09/19/07
Posts: 6145
Loc: Midwest
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I'm so sorry, 'Neato! The pretesting suggestion seems like it might fly, maybe? At least it's a good step to try while you prepare to go to the district over it...
Anyway, {{hugs}}
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#13844 - 04/15/08 01:34 PM
Re: Aleks math in school
[Re: Kriston]
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Registered: 05/01/06
Posts: 865
Loc: southwest
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I'm sorry incogneato. How depressing when we come up with the solution and they still won't help. I know how you feel.
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