I originally posted in this in the Teacher Corner and didnt get any responses hope I will here.

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Hi my name is Chris and I am tutoring a third grader in reading. She has a hard time with comprehension in social studies and science. How can I help with her comprehension problem.

Are there activities that I can do with her, that can help.

Another problem I have noticed is she is forgetful with leaving her books at school. She told me she has a hard time wtih organisation. She puts all her paper in an accordiane folder. I think she needs a binder with section, I know that helps me.

Advice from all would help. Thanks

I hate to think of you not getting responses, so I'm responding; not sure I can help, though. I'll be watching this thread with interest; I hope someone can help you with this!


Now, when my daughter was young, I remember one way I helped her learn things like lists, was singing them or saying them with bizarre accents; she still remembers the formula for sulfate, because of the screechy Eastern European voice I said it in. This was just one add-er to another, I guess, just being a goofball Mom. Once in a while I hit a thing that worked.

But that was memorization. Comprehension's a whole 'nother issue. I was little use to her with math.

Jessica has problems with reading, setting up a problem in math. Being able to figure out if it is addition, subtraction, mulitpication or division in a word problem.

She has a problem with comprehension in science and I think social studies.

I need techniques to help her. This is my first time tutoring and I love it.

Argh. . . I never did get the hang of organizing my papers. : (

Binders *might* work, or it may be that she, like me, has a complete and utter allergy to them. I hate them with a passion! I punch holes in my papers; they rip and I lose the paper: the binder pops open and my papers are suddenly everywhere!! Maybe Binders with those pocket dividers would work? That way things that go in and out frequently don't get torn/lost?

I also always had the accomodation of having 2 sets of text books; one for home and one for school. That way I *couldn't* forget them (even if I wanted to!). That isn't always possible, I realize, especially in schools that are already short books. I solved that problem by actually carrying all of my text books to and from school every day in high school, even if it did mean breaking my back!

Tyger

PS: My Mum's a tutor as well; she loves it.

I will have to talk to see how the school would handle that situation. Having to sets of books ... I am going to have to find out about that for me too in colleg. Do you know if I would have to pay for both or would the school pay for one set of books.?

Hmm. . . I didn't really use that in college so much. Most of the time we didn't really need our books for class. Since I was responsible for buying the first set in college, I would assume that you'd be responsible for buying the second set. . . I went to public school for the majority of my school career, so was very rarely required to buy a book. There, yes, the school was responsible -- though I suppose if they refuse, one could always try to buy the book elsewhere.

And wow, 3rd grade, already overwhelmed by organizational issues? I don't really remember having to take my books home with me. . . and if I did, the teacher helped me remember my stuff. Have things really changed that much?

I originally posted in this in the Teacher Corner and didnt get any responses hope I will here.

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Hi my name is Chris and I am tutoring a third grader in reading. She has a hard time with comprehension in social studies and science. How can I help with her comprehension problem.

Are there activities that I can do with her, that can help.

Another problem I have noticed is she is forgetful with leaving her books at school. She told me she has a hard time wtih organisation. She puts all her paper in an accordiane folder. I think she needs a binder with section, I know that helps me.

Advice from all would help. ThanksI don't know how things are where you are and how cheap or easy to get her textbooks are (and how many there are). If there aren't that many textbooks and it's easy to purchase a second set i.e. hand me downs from older students, perhaps you could speak to her parents about getting a second set, for revision at home. That way she can have a separate set and not forget to bring books home or to school.

HI Aunt Chris. For organization of papers, what worked well for DS in the early grades was a folder for each class, and one side for the "to-do" and the other side for the "done/turn-in" and we kept the old stuff that was not pertinant to "now" was kept in a bulk folder at home, just in case. We got from the school, from his 504, a copy of books to stay at home too, which was a great help. (Unless he needed them at dad's house and forgot to take them from here, AcKKK!) For this last year, we found a 5-subject thick notebook, that was divided with folders! He really likes that now, everything is in one place, and it seems to work for him. Whatever you do, just watch for backpack floaties and papers stuffed in the bathroom cabinet. :D A trip to the local office supply store or Wal-Mart might be fun to look for ways that she likes, and things come in really awsome colors now too.

If you find out any suggestions for comprehension issues, please share. At 14, DS is still having some issues with that as well, (evidently the trend does not go away) and I'm about ready for a neuropsych eval, for DS not for me~ His teachers just say to give him a paragraph and ask questions. That is just not enough, though, in our case but it may be for your little charge. Good luck!