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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think you're over-emphasizing the problems of boredom in elementary school (which could well be an issue if she were in 2nd grade also - 2nd graders are also doing review right now) and under-emphasizing that dd has already shown signs of anxiety, social immaturity, low frustration tolerance, and is rushing through her work without giving it attention (which could indicate something like ADHD). I think she's got a lot on her plate that could be affecting the perception of how school is going. 
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OP here. Thanks, this is a good point. As I mentioned, I don't have a great frame of reference since DD is our first kid and we are not close to cousins or friends children. It seems like at this age there is a pretty wide margin of skills among kids, with some excelling in one area and others excelling in another.  I imagine that would leave all kids feeling bored with at least a portion of the curriculum. So, is it perfectly normal for K and 1st graders to experience some boredom?   Also, I don't want to diminish the social and anxiety issues. They're not insignificant and DH and I didn't want to push her into an environment that would be unhealthy. Better to be a little bored, than over-stressed and anxious at a higher grade level?  [/quote]

2nd is more dull than 1st.  It doesn't start to pick up till 3rd.[/quote]

FWIW, this is not our experience.  Things really picked up from 1st to 2nd, both in terms of differentiation and in terms of the level of the work.  The work that is described on the grade-level website is not the work my 2nd grader is bringing home at all.  This is good, because the grade-level work would be way too easy but the work she is actually bringing home is on target.

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Granted its only one month in, but when I look at the year curriculum it was everything my child did in K., 1 and even preK at his last school.  They don't even do double or triple digit addition and subtraction till later in the year and wait for multiplication till next.[/quote]

OP The private schools do tend to go over the Math concepts for longer - and its not such a rush to get through to more advanced curriculum. You only really see that in the publics. Are there reading groups and math groups within her class - so she can be in the "top" group and therefore have more challenges?[/quote]

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