It is that time again. Haircuts, new clothes, new backpacks, new lunch boxes, and meetings to get James to know the people who will be instrumental in helping him succeed in the next year of school. (We met the new AP and will be meeting his his teacher the Friday before school starts.) School starts next week and I feel prepared; well, as prepared as I can feel. I have done everything I can think of to make sure 4th grade will start off well. I found out that James's aide will be the one who finished the year with him after me pleading with the district to provide an aide and them telling me "NO" until he got suspended for 5 days for the exact reasons I told them I wanted an aide. Not exactly the way I wanted it to go down but... well done James?... I guess.
Anyway... below is my letter to this year's teacher and then some resources (thanks
Mama and
snagglebox); also some ADHD adaptions for the classroom that any teacher can put in place with very little effort and time. I just hope this year will be the year that James discoverers the joy of learning. Well. a mum can dream can't she?
>>letter to teacher<< >>group work<< >>paying attention<< >>literal thinking<< >>why transitions can be hard<< >>making transitions easier<< >>got to be prefect<< >>strategies for working with ADHD in classroom<< >>accommodations in classroom<<
Have a very happy first day of school whenever it may happen in your corner of the world! PEACE.
