Granite
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Granite does a nice job in her reading book- in her other subjects she needs to pay more attention to her own work- and not everyones else. She makes many mistakes- partly do to carelessness and not following directions. also she must remember to return her homework. with more effort I'm sure Granite can improve her work.
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I taught primary school, and I always hated the idea of report cards at this grade level. Primary school is for kids to learn to read, to learn their modality of learning, and to create an environment so the child wants to learn. I suspect you were putting in as much effort as you were able to at the time, as a second-grader, especially given what you were dealing with at home.
If you had difficulty with instructions, that is like every other second-grader, trust me. It was age-appropriate, or if you had a lot of difficulty following directions, that should have been addressed in a compassionate way by the adults in your life. I am so sorry that it wasn't. That is NOT your fault. Also, stress can cause a lot of difficulties that can manifest as not focusing, having motivational difficulties, memory difficulties, etc.
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Feel free to keep granite in at recess to correct careless work. ask Granite to repeat instructions to keep her on her toes. if she does not know them criticize her publicly. this has helped her nature at home. i appreciate what you have done in the past.
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I am so, so, so sorry. This really saddens and sickens me. You did not deserve this.
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Granite needs improvement in most areas- her oral reading and silent reading can be good when she puts her mind to it..most of her written work is carelessly done-and many times incomplete-she loves to talk and look around- frequently her conduct leaves much to be desired.her main problem is to settle down and think which she is very capable of doing- thank you for the help you have given her at home--i feels this helps a great deal.
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First, I don't think the teacher suspected anything, unfortunately. However, when your mother wrote to criticize you publically, that would have been a red flag for me. If you loved to talk, I wonder why your teacher didn't see that as a strength and let you do oral reports, etc. It sounds like this teacher thought that behavioral modification was in order, when really, you needed help.
You say you misbehaved quite badly, I say you were screaming for help in the only way you knew. You were doing your part, Granite. I am so sorry this happened. I think you were innocent and courageous. You were asking for help. Please be kind to yourself. You truly deserve it.
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after reading these report cards i am sure that the records the T wants to read with me are just an extension of these report cards. i don't want her to read about how horrible i was. i am terrified it will turn her against me. just like anything that has to do with the mother. she will see that at one point i did talk and i was a horrible kid. she will not believe me that the mother has abusive . even i can see that now there are two parts to this and that i was not Innocent at all. it was nice to have my T support me unconditionally .and if i let this go on i know that will come to an end .she will never believe me. my T will change. this has happened in the past as soon as anything regarding the mother is introduced into my T things change.i am looked at as bad,unhelpable ,untruthful,selfish,spoiled,demanding,manipulative,and much much more......i can't handle that right now.
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You were a CHILD that was being abused at home. I believe you and so does everybody else here. I am sickened by how the adults at school didn't see through your behavior, they didn't hear you asking for help. Children are unable to process things like what your mother told you. They often take it on themselves, and blame themselves. I wish so much that there was something I could do to help you see how good you were then and are now.
Know that you are in my thoughts. Please keep us posted, I highly suspect your T will be very empathic with you about this (although I don't know much about your T). Please take care and be safe.