[shapingminds]

This is my first year doing VGLA. So far, I can honestly say I'm not impressed. What are we teaching kids when we tell them - If you don't pass, you can do it again? I have students that have passed only a few SOL's so far (We've attempted about 25 so far). Some of my kids are really struggling with the grade level SOL's. If they can do the grade level work, why do they have an IEP?? I believe we should be teaching these kids skills that they will need. Many of my students use their calculator to do simple addition. They need money skills, telling time, basic addition/subtraction, learning multiplication tables, etc., etc. They do not need to know how to solve for x. I'm struggling and getting stressed out that many won't pass all the SOL's by the time they are due. If they don't then it will look like I didn't do my job. I'm teaching the SOL's to the best of my ability and emphasizing the importance in putting forth effort to try to pass each one. The students aren't motivated and don't seem to care - they say they can do it again.