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[quote=Anonymous]With scores that high, I wouldn’t worry about “practicing” core subjects.  Tests just provide a rough estimate based on narrowly defined criteria.  Data is always useful, but it should be kept in perspective.  Based on the score charts, I would view those scores as suggesting that he can probably read anything he wants or needs to and will be able to do any math he has been taught and is prepared to learn more advanced content.  Certainly address any gaps or problem areas you may see, but I doubt those are much of an issue.  Instead, I’d focus on enrichment:

Encourage reading for fun, but avoid daily timed reading requirements.  Expose him to new things and support his interests.  Having general knowledge to provide context will improve reading comprehension.  Casually chat with him about books, TV shows, and movies.  Shows and movies are basically just plays and use many of the same basic literary devices as novels.

Expose him (in a fun way) to some of the math topics and applications that may not be covered in traditional math classes (secret codes, programming, clock math/modular arithmetic, mental math/mathemagic, numbering systems with different bases, fractals, etc.).  Theoni Pappas’s Penrose the Cat series approaches math concepts in a playful way.  Logic puzzles and games like 24 are great, too.  Math is literally associated with everything, so doing things in the “real world” will naturally require him to problem solve mathematically.  Just keep things natural and fun, with material presented as opportunities, not extra homework.

Hoagies has enrichment links for all ages and subjects.
https://www.hoagiesgifted.org/links.htm

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