What's panther math paper? All we're doing now is huge graph paper for him to use to "show his work". The problem with DS is that he insists upon doing all of the math in his head. So then he makes careless errors. So teacher is trying to get him to use graph paper for the more complicated problems like (just as an example) 14X60, whereas 8X60 she would let him solve in his head and not show any work. I know that other teachers aren't going to be as flexible as she is about letting him do things in his head. It's going to drive certain teachers nuts (like the one who gave him the woodcock johnson and he didn't write anything down at all except what he had to for the fluency section).
Howler, interesting about the clipboard. Not sure if he would hold his arm in an acceptable position away from his body if he tried that. Good point about "what is fatigue"...if we could somehow demonstrate what is fatigue and what is laziness. It can be hard to tell with him. And how bad would his writing have to get before it's considered fatigued handwriting. The lady who pulled him out for math assessments and made him do 3 back-to-back unit tests doesn't see a problem with what she did. I don't think it would be Ok even for a "normal" first grader much less one who is impaired enough to be in therapies and have an IEP.
