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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son could fluently read before entering kindergarten and his teacher did not do reading groups for him. She only worked with the kids who couldn't yet read. He got ignored and did worksheets way below his level. I think a lot of schools don't give kids any accelerated work if they can read because it is so much easier to do nothing with the kids that can read until the other kids catch up at the end of first grade or second grade. He is in first grade and I am still waiting for him to get any work on his level. At the beginning of the year there weren't any chapter books available to read in his class because the teacher told me that wouldn't be fair for the kids who couldn't read them. She only had books at or below a first grade level. [/quote][/quote][/quote]

I agree.  I'd be annoyed if DD's teacher didn't offer her project extensions or books at her reading level.  Why not suggest something?

For example, each week they do a build-a-sight-word worksheet during one of the "centers" in DD's class.  The kids have 15 minutes or so to cut out the given letters and paste them in the right boxes under the word models.  DD and one of her classmates can finish these worksheets with tons of time to spare, so they now flip the sheets over afterwards and use the extra time to write sentences using the sight words until it's time to switch to the next center.

Often writing/spelling extensions like this are easy ways to engage the kids who are at the next level.  They do the same work as the other kids, plus a bit more, and independent writing/spelling doesn't require teacher assistance after the initial set up.  (DD and her classmate do this type of stuff for other worksheets, too.  Many are picture-based -- kids have to cut out and match various pictures with the first letter of the word.  Put the elephant picture next to the E.  DD does that part quickly, then goes back and tries writing out the whole words alongside the pictures.  Over time, she's taught herself a lot of spelling this way.
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