My son is the same way and also in grade 3. We took him for a behavioral assessment. It was discovered that he tunes out or starts making trouble when he doesn't understand the lesson or when he is overwhelmed by the lesson. Once they told us - everything else made sense.
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Sounds like a lot of punishment to me maybe focus on her positive side and praise her when you see her doing something good ...