Math -- Mrs. Robertson -- Calendar. Jack sat quietly but did not pay attention or volunteer to answer a question. Small Group - Math subtraction worksheet. Jack did great in the small group activity! Independent Activity - Jack was given a worksheet on sequencing pictures for a subtraction sentence. He was very distracted and needed many prompts to stay on task & follow directions.

I accompanied Jack today in Mrs. Robertson's class for math. First, they had calendar. Jack sat quietly, but did not pay attention or participate in the calendar activity. The next thing they did was a small group activity. He did very well during this. He still required verbal prompts to follow directions and pay attention, but in a small group it is easier to give one-on-one attention. The last activity was an independent activity at his desk. Jack sat quietly at his desk, but he was unable to complete his work. He didn't know what to do, so I had to repeat the directions. He became distracted ten times in 17 minutes. He would remain distracted for a few minutes each time until given a verbal prompt to "keep working." The other students had finished their work, and Jack still had only colored a little of his worksheet.

So after observing Jack, I spoke with Mrs. Robertson. We both agree that Jack does much better with small group instruction. Mrs. Robertson does small reading groups in the morning. We thought that this might be a better activity for Jack to be mainstreamed for. It usually lasts about 20-30 minutes. Mrs. Robertson also suggested that he participate in math when she does small groups (on Thursday and some Tuesdays). Let me know what you think. Mrs. Robertson has jury duty next week, so if you agree, we would begin mainstreaming the following week.

I understand if you are a little disappointed. But remember that Jack is very bright and very special! [smiley] He is so creative, and I think sometimes his imagination works overtime! But that is ok because that is what makes him Jack! [smiley] Let me know what you think. Thanks for being so supportive.

niknotes: Thank me? Thank her!!!!!!!!!! What a wonderful, sweet teacher she is. I thought there was no way we could possibly be happy with Mick's teacher, knowing that Jack already had such an incredible one -- I mean, how lucky could we expect to be! But of course we are thrilled with Mrs. Bracy, too, and just can't imagine our good fortune at having gotten the TWO most amazing special education teachers in the whole world. I guess Mrs. Penoncello got an A+ in her course on Parents of Autistic Kids. I'll cry.

jacknotes: (Jack, tell me about school for the Jack report.) School was terrible because it was no fun. (Can you tell me one good thing about school?) One of my friends had to sit in time-out. (And that's a good thing? Why, because it wasn't you? Who was it?) Alex. (Why did Alex have to sit in time-out?) He hit my teacher on the head with a frying pan. (Oh, I see. Well, tell me about Music. What did you do in Music?) I caught criminals. (Did you sing a criminal-catching song or do a criminal-catching dance?) Mrs. Richards played the piano, and I caught Aaron the bank robber.