Yr 5 DS ..NC levels's 2....but expected to complete yr 5 home work in full WWD?

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ds3 has spld and is on SA+. EP yesterday is talking about dyslexia/dysgrapia/dyspraxia but is more concerned about ds's emotional state /well being at school.

He has Lit support 1x week with outside provider sorted by school and SALT.
(of which we have nightly h/w to do )

His h/w was word search...25 fruits....after 25 mins he had found 2 (he then had to draw and colour what he had found) 30 mins. I said stop as he has his other stuff to do .

Now I know I could have "helped" him find them all...in fact his older brother was desperate to do it with him.

In the past I had helped him loads with CT's homework so he could hand something in....to calm his anxieties...but I really want them to wake up this year and understand what he can and can't do .

Not really sure what I am waffeling on about here ...but was I right to stop it after 30 mins ???

Actually ...now that I have written this I feel really bad now we didn't circle more......Actually, feeling sick now ...what if it was in preparation for a fruit topic or something.....Bugger

Did he spend the whole 30 minutes working or was he faffing about like my DS?

If he worked his hardest for 30 minutes I think you did the right thing and I would have written a note to the teacher to make sure they knew he'd tried his best

Did he spend the whole 30 minutes working or was he faffing about like my DS?

If he worked his hardest for 30 minutes I think you did the right thing and I would have written a note to the teacher to make sure they knew he'd tried his best

My DS (Yr 4) had homework last week that he struggled with. I didn't do it for him but I helped break it down so he could do it. It took us ages. I did put a note in his h/w diary that he had struggled and had had some assistance as I wanted his teacher to be clear on what he can realistically do himself. I was discussing it after with my sister who is a head teacher and she said she would advise stopping after a set time (she suggested half an hour) provided that he had worked hard for that time so don't feel bad I think you did the right thing. There were probably some DC who hadn't done any of it!

I think you were right.

either he worked very hard for that time and couldn't do it

or he faffed around and didn't do it.

either way the school need to know what he DID do on his own and if it was faffing around then HE needs to know that he has to do it himself.

Thanks for the replys. No he wasn't faffing around. Even though he is behind he takes his homework very seriously !!....he just couldn't "see " the words .

I think it's fair that the teacher can see clearly what he's capable of in a sensible amount of time. There might be other types of homework that he can do much more successfully, but wordsearches just really don't work for they type of dyslexia/etc problems that he might have.

I think what you did sounds sensible and fair.

then even more reason that what you did was right. This way they can see what he can and can't do. It is hard, you naturally want to help him to hand stuff in but it is important that they truly see what help and support he needs.

I always HATED wordsearches, they always made my eyes go funny.

I would write a note in his planner/homework diary. His teacher needs to know he's struggling with this homework so she can make any adjustments needed. After all, we are still getting to know our classes!

Well after my guilt ridden day ...it did not get looked at !!!

I think what I am going to do is photo copy it and help him so they can see what he can do by himself...and what he can do with help .

Thanks again for replying