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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 1st grader got a 154 on the NNAT. I think this child should be in AAP. The child is NOT currently being taught above grade level per the report card but I looked up the guided reading book and it appears to be a 24. Child isn’t getting level 2 services currently.

I do think this is the type of child who would get a high gbrs (very articulate) but I definitely think the child needs to be in aap.

Any suggestions on what I can be doing now to help make sure this happens? [/quote]

Some schools don't do much for Level II. DS was not identified in first but was in second. He had a higher reading group and some extra math worksheets. It wasn't anything exciting and he was never marked as working above level. None of the other parents had mentioned Level II services in first grade but several asked the group of collected parents if anyone else had received a letter that their child qualified for Level II services and what did it mean. I suspect that question would have been asked in first grade in a similar environment had the school offered Level II services in first.

DS classroom had work they were all assigned and then there was a list of extra work they could do when they completed the assigned work. I would suggest reminding your child to complete that work when they were done. DS would bring home short stories he had written and illustrated during this time as well as other extras. They were nothing exciting but it was a quiet, creative use of his free time. His GBRS mentioned that his Teachers saw him reading extra books on subjects that they were discussing in his free time. We hadn't told him to do anything in particular. We had told him that he should find something quiet to do if he finished his work ahead of time and not announce that he was done, that some kids find it harder then he does and to let them do their work. 
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