[nobe-l] Writing complaints

[Andrea Beasley]

I would completely agree with the others. In my experience it's an
avoidance technique employed by students when they think something will be
difficult. Writing is a difficult task especially in the younger grades.
Think of all the things they have to remember. Spelling words correctly,
capitalizing when appropriate, which punctuation to use, what they are
actually writing about, what goes into a complete sentence, and so many
other things.

Be empathetic, ask leading questions, and encourage them. A cheerleader is
sometimes the thing that they need the most.

Andrea




On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 9:09 AM Arthur Jacobs via NOBE-L <nobe-l at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> In addition, the reason a student would say this during writing is because
> they know that writing a lot makes your hand hurt. Whether it is truly sore
> or just an excuse, I would respond as if it is the caae. Be empathetic sand
> tel the student to stretch out their hand by by repeatedly squeezing it
> into a fist then straightening it out. This should only take a minute or
> two, and then they are good to go. If this happens to the often, then they
> are probably holding their pencil too tightly and/or pressing too hard.
> Perhaps they need one of those pencil grip aids (triangular shaped piece of
> rubber that slips over the bottom of the pencil).
>
> -- Arthur
>
> > On Feb 1, 2017, at 6:48 AM, Kathy via NOBE-L <nobe-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > Never worry about being a curious and proactive teacher! This is rarely
> going to be the case, that there is something wrong with a hand. I would
> follow it up with questions. Where does it hurt? What did you do? Can you
> put my fingers on the part of your hand that hurts? Things like that will
> push most students who are prevaricating to back off. If indeed there is an
> issue with the hand, you would probably feel it in a big bandage or a bump
> or something like that. Again, this is going to happen rarely. If there is
> an injury, you can ask the student to dictate writing to you and you can
> type it on your device.
> >
> > Kathy Nimmer
> > Even in the valleys, keep believing in the mountains.
> >
> >> On Feb 1, 2017, at 12:33 AM, Valerie Gibson via NOBE-L <
> nobe-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> For those who don’t know, I am almost finished with my classes to
> become an elementary school teacher. I seek to teach in the mainstream
> classroom.  I’ve got one more year of field placement classes, and then a
> semester of student teaching. The field placement classes is a way to sort
> of get your feet wet in regards to teaching by observing and doing a little
> teaching in another teacher’s classroom. It’s sort of a midway point
> between student teaching and regular class lecture.
> >>
> >> I am in a “teaching writing for grades K-6” class. It’s an add-on to my
> field placement classes.
> >>
> >> We are reading a book called, A QUICK GUIDE TO Reaching Struggling
> Writers.
> >>
> >> The book talks about how to teach struggling writers. It lists
> complaints or comments that students might say to avoid writing.
> >>
> >> One of these questions is, “My hand hurts”. The book tells us that we
> should first make sure that nothing is truly wrong.
> >>
> >> Have any of you come across this sort of complaint, and if so, how did
> you handle it?  I know the obvious answer is to check to see if the child’s
> hand really is hurting, and maybe I’m just way overthinking it, and if so,
> I apologize. I guess what I’m asking is how did you check?
> >>
> >> I haven’t started field placement yet. They’re still trying to find me
> a school, so it’s got me a bit anxious of doing something wrong when it
> could have been avoided.
> >>
> >> I’m sure this semester, I’ll be pestering you all with questions as
> something is brought up that I did not think of, so I’m going to apologize
> in advance. :)
> >>
> >>
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