[nobe-l] Writing complaints

Wed Feb 1 18:11:19 UTC 2017

I agree!

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> On Feb 1, 2017, at 11:22 AM, Andrea Beasley via NOBE-L <nobe-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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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