I've never thought about the finger spelling. I've found that if DD can say it, spell it, put it in a sentence meaningful to her, see how the dictionary breaks it up, and dramatize it works. This is in addition to the visual memorization. She also loves that book called "Word Roots" which I bought through Mindware.
Yes you are right, no IEP yet. The university test data came to us in Feb., with advice to pursue through school (they can collect data but not interpret/advice/diagnose for this study) and that plus what seems to be a great struggle started up a couple of months ago.
The whole thing is such a jumble now that I want to take her out for the last few weeks of school, stating out of town family visits, the vacation we didn't take in spring out of respect to the state assessments, etc...something breezy and not threatening.
Unfortunately DD overheard the talk about taking her out for the last 3 weeks of school, mentioned it at school, and teacher told her that her parents were doing something "illegal". That deeply upset DD and that's added to the mix. We got too very aggressive e-mails in two days and I am worried too but we are going to try and enjoy our holiday weekend and deal with it on Tues. I'm so confused as to how to deal with the teacher, don't want to go above her head at this time.
You can actually begin "homeschooling any time after the start of school, legally, in my state and district, it's on the district website in black and white.
My DD's test was the CTOPP, which I think is pretty specific. I don't know the IDEA.
Sorry for the ramble, it's just a bit stressful around here lately!
Last edited by bzylzy; 05/25/12 04:20 PM.
