Thank you so much for your input and direction!! It has helped me tremendously.
DN does not go to a wonderful school. Her teacher appears to be clueless or apathetic, I'm not sure which. Her math homework is all over the place -- anything from basic addition to writing out an algebraic equation. And she's only given 3 to 4 math problems for homework, all story problems (which doesn't help since her reading isn't the best). There is no repitition with math fundamentals. I also found out her homework is not even graded! I'm not sure how the teacher is supposed to know if a student is having problems BEFORE the test.
My favorite thing the school does is that they pull her out of math to do reading with a special teacher. Yeah, they pull her out of math, which she is failing, to do reading. I know that teachers do a lot of hard work and I commend them for their efforts, but her school sounds like a circus to me. We're trying to think of a way she could go to a school in our school district, which is one of the best districts in the state academically.
I just hope we can help her gain her confidence in school and in life. She's getting close to adolescence and I'd like for her to have a better footing on life before she gets to that stage.
mnmom23, if you met this girl, your heart would melt. She told me she liked our house better than hers and wanted to stay a long time. She has asked repeatedly to stay overnight, which we're trying to work out for some weekend when she can stay over WITHOUT having to do school work. My heart truly goes out to her.
