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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would hold off until your parent-teacher conference. It takes a while to get going at school. [/quote]

I don't remember if my kid specifically complained about being bored the first couple weeks of 1st but she definitely complained about boredom a lot at that age and similarly was an advanced reader who took to academic concepts easily. I remember going to BTS night and being mildly worried school wasn't challenging her because when the teacher described what they were working on I knew it was remedial for her. But once she was in her small group and the teacher had a chance to work with her directly it was fine. Sometimes during full class instruction she would be permitted to do iReady lessons that she actually found really engaging -- she did reading comprehension lessons that happened to also be about history and science and art. Often when she came home from school those lessons would be the thing she was most excited about and it would spur her to read books or watch YouTube videos on the same subjects. She wound up absolutely loving 1st grade. I'm sure to a degree it depends on your teacher and not all teachers handle the balance of teaching to different levels at once. But 1st tends to be a grade where this is very common because there is a broad range of normal in terms of when kids click with reading.

Certainly not worth freaking out now. It's just too early. I'd encourage your kid to keep an open mind and let him know it's normal for school to be a little boring the first couple weeks as people get settled in.[/quote]

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