[SENco-forum] Spare time needed!

That is because you are one of the good ones!  Sadly others don't think or
don't care.  I prefer it to be the former!

I regularly send back homework with a line under the 30 minute mark.  It
does not affect the type or length of homework set next time.

I think that teachers need to know what a child can do in a set amount of
time otherwise they will not know for sure what will be produced under any
exam conditions.

This said I  often re-work homework to be more dyslexia friendly. I copy
sums etc into the exercise book otherwise an hour or more will be wasted
doing something that will include large amounts of error before calculation
even begins.  This way my son gets to enjoy the math, rather than be
punished for the fact that he has dysgraphia.

Sharon Tringham

-----Original Message-----
From: Mary Kelly [mailto:mary.kelly4 at ntlworld.com]
Sent: 27 September 2007 17:37
To: SEN at tringham.net
Subject: RE: [SENco-forum] Spare time needed! - Reading age of 18+!!!

Dear Sharon,
If I were setting this homework I would want you to do what you can in half
an hour and send it back with a note saying that's as far as you could get
in half an hour, and why. This would save you and the child the stress and
help me to ensure that the homework more accurately meets the need. If you
soldier on and accomplish it I would have no idea of the nightmare I might
be causing you, and I would start to worry about the unduly stressed and
tired child I had in my class.
Surely any other reasonable teacher would want the same, wouldn't they?
Best wishes,
Mary

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