My oldest daughter is in 2nd grade and is having a very difficult time. In Kindergarten and 1st grade she was above average and excelled at everything in school. Her teachers told me that Olivia had it together. She was polite, thoughtful, respectful, straight A student (in 1st), and always paid attention. This year is disaster. She is bringing home some D's and F's. She's had to stay in for many recesses to finish work that she didn't complete during the morning. She is bringing home much homework that the other children completed in school. She says she hates reading now. (last year she was reading Level 1, 2 & 3 books with ease and loved to read) She has been in trouble twice on the playground for pushing another girl. She promises she didn't do it. No one from the school has told me about this, only Olivia and she's upset about it. She also has not brought her work home on occassion and she cries and says she can't concentrate. Sound familiar? I want to help her. Thanks
2006-10-03 11:28:29 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
I did speak with her teacher and she acted like she didn't have the time to talk with me. The only thing she said that really irritated me was that she thought my daughter just didn't feel like doing her work. That made me angry but I didn't show it. I simply said, "You're wrong. I know my daughter." and then she cut me off.
2006-10-03 11:36:10 · update #1
I am the former LD Specialist for Binghamton University. This sounds like one of the nodal points when ADD starts to show. There are different points in a child's development when the demands of school suddenly cause ADD to become more prominent. This could be the case with your daughter. The sudden difficulty with school work, the suddenly hating reading, difficulty concentrating, incidents on the playground.
The other possibility is that something is going on at home that is bothering her. Children can't talk about their emotions so they act them out. My younger step-brother couldn't work through his parent's divorce. He said that for him it was all the played through his mind all day long. If you don't know of anything obviously disrupting in her life - difficulties within the family, you're pregnant or just had a new child, etc you might want to observe her reactions to things.
Just possibilities but they're the first ones that come to mind.
2006-10-03 11:40:45 · answer #1 · answered by sonofstar 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You might want to talk to someone at Pathways in St. George, Utah. Their website is listed below. By the way, does your daughter take music lessons at all ? Sometimes learning how to play a musical instrument combined with listening to Classical music helps mature emotional genes. You could always look into the Suzuki method. Yet another possibility is that something about your daughter's diet is making it hard to concentrate. It might be too much sugar, or too much of something she has an intolerance for.
2006-10-03 11:39:23 · answer #2 · answered by Cookie777 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some students act out in school due to emotional issues going on in their personal lives. I'm thinking that there's something going on in school though, since she has specifically mentioned not liking reading anymore. Perhaps the teacher said something about her reading that shook her confidence as a reader. I would strongly suggest asking to sit in on the class for a day or two so that you can observe what is going on in the classroom, especially in regard to the relationship between your daughter and her teacher. It is perfectly legal to request that you be allowed to observe a teacher, though I wouldn't express that you have concerns about the teacher at that point -- that creates a defensive tension. I would go in under the premise that you are concerned about your daughter's behavior and want to see how she is conducting herself in class. That's where I would start.
2006-10-03 11:57:32 · answer #3 · answered by turtlesurf73 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is most likely something going on. There are a number of possibilities. She could be having a direct conflict with her teacher or with another student. There could be somethign bothering her in her home life (divorce, new sibling, death)
Kids respond to these types of things differently.
I would talk to the teacher and see if you can get some feedback from him/her to see how her behavior really is in class.
2006-10-03 11:32:15 · answer #4 · answered by Amy Dee 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
2nd grade’s a hard year...that’s when work really is taken seriously ...kids start learn more about themselves and start thinking more on their own...
its mostly normal.. if she’s having a hard time doing her work try to sit down with her and help her with her homework. and if she had lost interest in reading read with her, books of her interest like about princesses or whatever..
hope this helped
good luck! <3
2006-10-03 11:36:02 · answer #5 · answered by moon 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
gp see the teacher and find out if someone is bullying her. sounds like it to me if not take her to see a counselor, not the school counselor and get her a physical and eye exam
2006-10-03 11:34:11 · answer #6 · answered by nora7142@verizon.net 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That doesn't sound too good. I would ensure that she gets a thorough medical check up and professional help immediately.
2006-10-03 11:35:49 · answer #7 · answered by Einmann 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i hate *** hole teachers like that but there kool somewhere in there
2006-10-03 11:30:42 · answer #8 · answered by baseballbud25 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋