[House] ALEKS goals?

[Robin Powell]

On Sun, Jan 28, 2024 at 7:28 PM Robin Powell via House <
house at digitalkingdom.org> wrote:

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> Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2024 19:27:56 -0800
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> On Sun, Jan 28, 2024 at 6:30 PM He, Amy via House <
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>> Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2024 18:28:13 -0800
>> Subject: Re: ALEKS goals?
>> Hi Robin,
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>> I have asked Kai to bring back their completed Unit 6.3 Milestone Test
>> for about a week now. They always have some reason, either they forgot, or
>> they were too busy. They told me about the ordeal you had on Thursday with
>> the therapist, so their excuses always seem valid. Though, I told them that
>> they need to finish it by this weekend, and that I would let you know about
>> it as well, to help me remind them.
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> OK, I need to double-check: I believe we're talking about Our Collective
> Cookbook; from what I'm seeing the "my recipe" and "scaled up and scaled
> down" were submitted on Google Classroom, so I want to confirm that you're
> *just* talking about the handwritten recipe part, right?
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OK, it looks like you're actually talking about Hot Chocolate; Kai showed
it to me out of their backpack once I mentioned this email.  FYI, that
doesn't show up in Google Classroom anywhere (like, the answer key is there
but I don't see it as an assignment at all), which is why I missed it.
I'll try to make sure that gets back to you early this week, but it won't
be Monday.


> As for how they are doing in class, things seem to be getting a little
>> better. They still play with their hands a lot, and complete maybe one
>> question on the classwork every day (better than none). Yesterday, they
>> accepted my help on a math question for the first time since the start of
>> the school year. We actually worked on 2 problems together on their quiz
>> (which they brought home and still need to finish this weekend as well). It
>> took them the entire class period to do those 2 questions, but better than
>> our usual completion rate.
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> OK, good, I've been trying to encourage them to actually do schoolwork in
> class, so that's good to hear.  FWIW, they have exactly the same problem in
> their other classes; it's not about you, or even about math.
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>> On Friday, they started working on ALEKS at the start of class on their
>> own accord (which is good, because they usually are just sitting there
>> playing with their hands until I ask them to do something productive). I
>> don't know how many topics they finished during class on Friday, but they
>> were on ALEKS the whole time.
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> They did 2 or 3 ALEKS (3 I think?, I can't remember) in that time.
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>> Kai does not complete anything in their virtual notebook. They have
>> claimed that they are unable to do any work on a physical or virtual
>> notebook - that they cannot write or type while paying attention. If you
>> agree with this sentiment, we can just drop the notebook requirement for
>> Kai.
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> Yeah, their evaluation *definitely* said that writing or typing at the
> same time as listening is just not a thing they can do at all; they even
> recommended getting Kai a note taker in class.
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>> Thank you for reminding Kai to finish their unit 6.3 milestone test and
>> unit 6.4 quiz.
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>> Regards,
>> Ms. He
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>> On Sun, Jan 21, 2024 at 8:13 PM He, Amy <hea at sfusd.edu> wrote:
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>>> Yes, that is correct.
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>>> On Sat, Jan 20, 2024 at 7:16 PM Robin Powell <robinleepowell at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
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>>>> Kai is saying that the new goal is 10 ALEKS per week; is that accurate?
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>>> --
>>> *Ms. He*
>>> *she/her/hers*
>>> 6th Grade Math Teacher
>>> Herbert Hoover Middle School
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>> --
>> *Ms. He*
>> *she/her/hers*
>> 6th Grade Math Teacher
>> Herbert Hoover Middle School
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