How can you tell if a child is a slow learner & asking 4 explanations or just a smart a**?
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Last I checked, "4" was a number, not a preposition.\n\nGive him the benefit of the doubt and explain things.  If he's asking genuine questions you defintely don't want to discourage him.  If he's just a "smart a**," he'll probably get bored of listening to your explanations and give up.  I'm assuming your talking about a classroom setting?  Look at the rest of his work to get a sense of what he's capable of.
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Make an immediate request, NOW, that she be tested for special education qualification.\n\nThere are 13 categories of student served by special education, and TWELVE of those 13 categories are about students with NORMAL OR HIGHER INTELLIGENCE.\n\nShe may have visual processing problems, academic concentration issues, or another physiological condition interfering with her ability to learn. This is not a matter of willpower, but of wiring. Special education teachers are trained (given that they graduated from a good program) to effectively help kids with learning differences become fluent readers.
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Pay attention in class. Jot down what you don't understand and ask them later if timer permits. Also, listen carefully if the teacher already answered one of your questions.
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Your first step would be to start doing some written evaluations. Without knowing the children's ages, it is impossible to be able to give you a more accurate answer. You need to start observing and documenting and after a few days of doing that for each child you are concerned about, compare your notes with developmental milestones that you know they should have either already reached, or should be working on. Then you need to use those findings to write out a goal for that child to reach the next milestone using what you know they have already learned.\nAs a teacher it is your role to not TELL a parent what is "wrong" with their child, but to look to yourself to see what you can do in the classroom utilizing the tools of observation and knowledge. \nIn parent teacher conferences, this tool is excellent. You can bring out your written observations and show the parents...this is where your child is, this is where he should be, this is my goal for him, what things are you noticing at home.\nThis way is best because you are not approaching the parent with a "teacher knows best" tact, you are using your knowledge and expertise to tell the parent that they are needed in their child's development and asking them for ideas and suggestions and including them in your program specifically designed for their child.\nWhen a parent feels that you are going above and beyond for their child, more than likely they will jump on board.\nI use this method. I have yet to have any complaints or awkward meetings. \nOf course, you will get the occasional parent who just won't listen or will think you are wrong. Maybe there is a culture difference or even a language barrier that makes the situation harder than you feel it should be. However, your chosen venue, being a teacher, means that you should have the patience (not all the time of course) to not only search and try the best avenue into helping the children in your care, but also looking into helping those families with difference in culture and language barriers as much as the other families because the children are your first and foremost priority in the classroom.\n\nI hope this helps.
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HE IS A CHILD...HOW MANY FOUR YEAR OLDS DO YOU THINK WILL HAVE PATIENCE'S TO STUDY ..THEY JUST WANT TO PLAY ...WELL MINE DOES.......I'M SURE HE WILL LEARN TO READ AND WRITE WHEN HE STARTS SCHOOL....GIVE HIM LOVE NOT PRESSURE....HES ONLY FOUR
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A reading comprehension what?\n\nWhat level? What age is the student? Does the student have learning issues, or is he/she an average learner, or is he/she a fast learner/gifted?\n\nGo to your local school or university to look over available curriculum.
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maybe i'm slow or something...but i can't seem to understand ur queston...can you be clear about it?
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It's all about repetition.  Sometimes, you have to explain things over and over, in a nice way, until it finally sinks in.  It could take minutes, hours, weeks, or even years for a child to "get it."  So, the key is to remain patient and not build up a barrier by becoming angry.
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Fisrt use a phrasebook, so they will have a basic grasp when they do, you can proceed with learning books.\n\ntry pimsleur learning method,they are recorded books this is one of the best
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If you mean skills as in new languages then age sloooooowly erodes the ability to take on new languages (no, perhaps not for everyone). Therefore, as a person ages, the degree of difficulty increases. Perhaps it is almost negligible at first, but it is there.\n\nIf it is grammatical skills, I am not sure how soon one can even start comprehending those, I still KANT.,;:/."'-_{}\n\nThere are tests to determine what one's learning skills are at an early age:\nhttp://webhome.idirect.com/~jsomwaru/Index.html\n\nResearch seems ot indicate that preschool education prepares them to learn better as school age children which would tend to indicate the advantage given is the ability to more easily learn what will be taught , perhaps leading to skipping classes? But maybe they should have a little bit of KID fun first??? http://www.mirror.co.uk/sexandhealth/sexandrelationships/tm_objectid=14449450&method=full&siteid=94762&headline=growing-up-too-quickly---name_page.html :\n\nQUOTE:\nIs there research that shows that children who attend preschool outside the home will do better in school?\nNo research has ever shown that children who attend a preschool have an advantage over children who learn at home. Common sense tells us that a child who is read to often, who is exposed to the alphabet, counting, sorting and reasoning as a preschooler will be better prepared to learn reading and math than one who has never been exposed to those things. You could enroll your child in a preschool and they would most likely be exposed to that type of material and prepared for a traditional kindergarten classroom, but by keeping your child at home, you are able to tailor their education to their specific interests, and you will recognize when your child is grasping a concept and ready to move ahead to the next level. You will also avoid the negative social impact that research has proven institutional settings have on young children.\nEND QUOTE  http://californiahomeschool.net/howTo/preschool.htm\nhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=research+on+preschooling
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First I would look at the age of the person.  If they were 6 or younger, I would show them how to find the answer on their fingers.  If they were older, up to 18, I would again show them but be somewhat puzzled.  If they are an adult, I would look at them rather oddly.  I dont know if I would answer or not.  Depends on the person.  I try not to pre judge but thats not always easy ya know?
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I would suggest tutoring as well.  It's possible that he had trouble with some sort of concept, then fell further and further behind, which may have contributed to his stubbornness and laziness.  \n\nPrivate schooling isn't necessarily better, but some one on one attention might help him out to make sure he's comprehending what he is learning in class.
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First graders are"sponges" first and foremost! That said, be aware of what you teach and say to them. They will remember!. However, their learning styles will vary. Most are visual learners. Some can be auditory and visual learners. They are at the readiness stage for reading--phonics and  sight vocab. Sentences to be read should be short and repetitive and have accompanying pictures to be comprehended. At this age they are not abstract learners. Math must be visual, tactile and use of all the senses is a plus .\nSocially the 6 - 7 year old is learning to work and play side by side with his/her peers. Parallel play is diminishing. They want to be needed and both girls and boys will tend to be overzealous about helping everyone. They also are sensitive to their teacher's needs. They want to please!\nPhysically this age group can vary. Most are good only at gross motor skills until mid year. Fine motor continues to develop in handwriting, artistically etc. \nCheck out these websites for more understanding.\n\n(Watch the Power Point presentation)\nhttp://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Gesell+child+development&sp=1&fr2=sp-top&prssweb=Search&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-501&x=w\n\nhttp://www.gesellinstitute.org/\n\n. I taught grades 1 and 2 for over 30 years. I attended the Gesell Institute workshop one summer. Get the book The Six Year old and The Seven Year Old by Louise Ames of the Gesell Institute. They are a great help!\n\nhttp://www.kidsource.com/books/fs/f.your.six.year.old.html\n\nhttp://www.kidsource.com/books/your.seven.year.old.html\n\nGood luck with these prescious little ones! :)
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I don't know if i would be much help to you but i am a psychologist for intellectually delayed children and the general steps is obviously to first find the cause of the delay as you probably know there are numerous - then using the IPA; the symbols are divided into three categories: letters, diacritics, and suprasegmentals (symbols that indicate such things as the tone and inflection of a spoken utterance). These categories are then divided into smaller sections. For example, letters are divided into vowels and consonants, and diacritics and suprasegmentals are divided according to whether they indicate articulation, phonation, tone, intonation, or stress.\nSo starting from the cause and working with the child slowly until they grasp every step of the IPA is usually the best way
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All of the answers that you have been given so far are good!!  I am an elementary teacher and one thing that I would ask is that you teach your child how to follow directions. You would be suprised how many children have a hard time listening and following simple directions.
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I'm a speed reader and a fast learner. I don't know of a technique actually, probably just that the capabilities of each are different thus learn and do things at different speeds. There are three stages in the learning, slow, moderate or fast, maybe a relevance to how those do everything else too as I am a fast walker, fast typist fast at most things.\nAre the slow of learning slow at everything they do too?\nI always say I run in overdrive, lol!\n.\n.\n.\nArrr, I know what it is with me!\nBLACK, STRONG UNSWEETENED COFFEE !\nADDICTED TO THE STUFF!\nLMOL!
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Hmmmm. I apologize for trying to help. I know I "sound" intelligent, but how do you sound responding like that. \nI respect the lesson, but not the teacher.