School Time Again!

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Okay I am sitting here thinking about in less than 3 weeks my son

will be in the 3rd grade/Lifeskills at his school. I am having a lot

of questions go thru my mind: Like, Will he learn to read? Will he

learn to Write? Will he learn how to do simple Math? Why I think

this !It's because this child knows his ABC's he can site read words

{one at a time} and he can count to 100! So what do I need to do to

make sure that they work on the Basic things that he need's to know???

I work with him at home when I can..And he love's for me to read to

him everynight at bedtime. Well what I quess I'm trying to say is:

How do I stress to them that I expect him to at least be able to read

at a 1st grade level or higher and that he can write his letter's and

his name!!!! Is that asking to much? I feel that he is getting short

changed when it comes to him learning the basic's.. They sure do have

a lot of " field Trips " in his class.I want more one on one teaching

going on and at the ARD at the end of last year. I couldn't seem to

get them to understand that. They have a lot of Requirements that

they want him to master so hopefully I will see some learning going

on here. And I really feel that he would benfit if he got more than 1-

hour a day in a regular classroom. Last year the teacher in the

Regular classsroom more or less just put up with him in there and the

whole time his aid had to entertain him. {At less that was my

understanding} How can I make sure that the Teacher this year in the

Regular class is making him do the work that the others are required

to do? Sorry so many questions but I feel very overwlemed about

school and what isn't happening for him. His Lifeskill Teacher is

wonderful and really love's my son. She contact's me daily about him

and what she and I can do to make sure he is learning. Well, any

advice will be helpful! Again Sorry about so many questions. Peace

Jeanne