Some students have difficulty with written expression. The writing process is so complex. We rarely think about all that is involved in writing a story but for a student with a writing disability writing steps don't come together easily. PBS has a great page called Misunderstood Minds where you can go to different pages and see what it is like for a student with a specific disability. Go to http://www.pbs.org/ and type in Misunderstood Minds. It is very informative and I hope will be of help to many of our parents with students with disabilities.
As we continue to prepare our students for EOG's, I will be trying to instill in them a love for learning despite the dryness of the testing situation. They all know so much about so many things. It is just amazing. The testing vocabulary is very tricky and many times we, as adults, can assume that our students understand all that is asked of them in the instructions. Parents, you can go to the NC Schools website and get samples of EOG questions and see what your student will be asked in general. For example, the word selection is used many times instead of story and that would be a good word to make sure your child understands depending on their age.
I hope you all have a great week and don't forget about the Talent Show!
Mrs. Peele
PS Another great website for organizing and for writing is http://www.readwritethink.org/
Also please don't forget about http://www.spellingcity.org/ for fifth grade spelling,vocab, and science words.
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