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[quote=Anonymous]There are other threads that kind of get at my questions, but I would like some fresh perspectives from MCPS parents. In short, my questions are: What do you do with a child who seems gifted but doesn't seem to be identified as such in school? And how do I support my child, who is really academically motivated and well behaved, in a classroom where it seems like the poorly behaved kids are getting most of the teacher's attention?

Friends (including some who are teachers) are constantly marveling at what my 6-year-old daughter is reading (i.e., sixth-grade level chapter books), stories she's written, and the way she can describe how complex things work. People often ask me what I'm doing to make sure she is challenged in school. The honest and apparently insufficient answer is: nothing.

She had a great year in K, with an excellent teacher who differentiated instruction and gave my daughter lots of classroom responsibilities that she enjoyed. But 1st grade isn't going as well, and she's coming home really discouraged. It seems like she is often left to her own devices, which makes sense because she doesn't need much guidance, but she's also getting bored. Her report card had all Ps except an I in math, which I don't understand because at home she easily demonstrates all the first grade math skills described in the curriculum 2.0 booklet.

Do I just roll with this, keep feeding her interests at home, and chalk it up to every year can't be a great year? Or should I be doing something more? We have a parent-teacher conference in a month...I could reach out to the teacher sooner, but I just don't know what to ask. 
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