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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, if you meet with the teacher you may be pleasantly surprised. Your kid is probably not as far ahead as you think. Parents who don't have an elementary education background often don't recognize gaps that a teacher will easily spot. For example, my DD was a super early reader, but an "intuitive" reader-- she was a great guesser and made it through, but her phonics were not super strong and eventually that began to catch up with her. Sure, she could "read" things, she could mostly pronounce the words aloud, but her comprehension wasn't always very good and she had a bad habit of skipping words and sentences she didn't easily understand. Her handwriting wasn't above grade level, and neither were her social skills. The teachers identified her weak areas and spent time boosting them.

For a kid like this, when so much comes easily to them, you can "support" them by engaging them in "struggle work"--  anything where they're going to have to make an effort. Could be piano, could be a sport, could be an art class, whatever, but they should be strengthening their persistence skills, flexibility, and their positive self-talk. And be *very* attentive to interpersonal skills as these can be a lagging area and don't develop well if the kid doesn't have appropriate reading and math groups.[/quote]

This is my DD too. She brings a book to school and her teacher gives her higher level reading (though still not challenging, it's more interesting so less boredom in class). If she's reading perfectly accurately and not skipping hard words or guessing, and her comprehension is good, one thing our first grade teacher said was that the difference between first and third grade ELA was the depth of analysis they ask for. So she could be paired with another kid who can read and comprehend well, and given more advanced discussion topics.

Or just let her fly through the class work and pull out her own book when she's done. Then, like PP said, find her struggle work and challenge her at home. For mine, it's an instrument that does not come easily to her, but we talk about how it's important to learn how to keep working on things that are hard for you, and how good it feels to see yourself improve after working really hard. [/quote]

I'm the PP, another thing DD's teacher would do was assign her texts on subjects she didn't know anything about, sometimes pairing her with a child who *did* know a lot about it. Such as, basketball. That way she had the experience of working harder to comprehend, added to her vocabulary and background knowledge, and also realized that she's not all that and that other kids, while maybe not yet reading fluently, know all kinds of things that she does not. It was good for her.[/quote]

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