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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In Mo Co, testing for gifted is in grade 3.  Are you in Mo Co?

Having said that, my daughter left private for public. She's in 3rd and could have tested into an HGC.  But honestly? I'm only TOO happy to have her spend more time with math.

Doing math HW with her is challenging in some respects, as the process is one that looks at multiple perspectives.  So even the most "basic" problems can be demanding when you view them through different lenses.

Kids say they're bored  - but it's a rare statement to make when the teaching knows how to engage kids. That's a fact.

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This, again and again. Faster is not necessarily better in math. Even in the TPMS math magnet, which my kid attended, the philosophy is to go deeper, not faster. Seeing things from different angles was also the approach used by some of DC's elementary teachers in MoCo. MoCo did used to allow some kids to advance by 1-2 years in math (only) in elementary school, but that was a few years back and I don't know if that's still allowed under 2.0.

In the end almost everyone ends up in the same place anyway: AP Calc AB/BC in junior year for most TPMS magnet kids, in sophomore year for a handful of really advanced magnet kids, or in senior year for kids who are more liberal artsy.  Lots of kids do non-AP calc, and that's fine too. If your approach is to go faster instead of deeper, your kid will be even more bored with on-level classes, unless you're sure she really wants to try for HGCs or the math magnets.

I suggested above that you find something else, like archeology, to develop a shared interest in. [/quote]

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