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Subject: Timed Math Test Problems Author: Paige (Frustrated) [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 07:37:43 01/19/12 Thu My son is in first grade and has dyslexia. He is really struggling with his weekly timed math tests. His teacher provides the students with 2 minutes to complete 50 addition problems and he typically completes between 1.5 - 2 lines so he fails the quiz every week. The teacher continues to send home extra tests for him to practice and when he does those at home (with no time limit), he gets them all correct (or at most misses two problems) but it sometimes can take him 5-6 minutes to complete the whole test. We have mentioned this to his teacher, but she said the school requires him to complete the test in two minutes and that's the end of it. Keep in mind that we met with her and two other school officials after he was diagnosed (Oct 2011) and provided them with a copy of his test results. There is an entire page in there about Accommodations that may need to be made for him due to the dyslexia. My questions are: 1. Could this timing issue for him be related to his dyslexia? 2. What can we do to help him with it? 3. And if it is, how do we best communicate this to his teacher and work something out with her so he doesn't keep failing his tests? Has anyone experienced something like this before? If so, I would appreciate any input that you can provide. I am gathering information to take to our meeting with his teacher but am not sure of the best people to meet with when we go in...the teacher and principal? Or should the Vice Principal be there too? Or the school counselor? I don't know...when you're asking for accommodations for your child, who are the best people to have in the room? Thank you! [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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Subject Author Date Re: Timed Math Test Problems Trish 11:21:44 01/26/12 Thu Re: Timed Math Test Problems -- Paige (Relief!), 21:50:23 01/27/12 Fri Re: Timed Math Test Problems Rod Everson 12:09:04 01/26/12 Thu Re: Timed Math Test Problems Ilse (Shocked) 14:12:14 02/05/12 Sun Re: Timed Math Test Problems Angela 07:55:04 02/09/12 Thu