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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ELA should be more than just getting to a Lexile level. They aren’t doing writing assignments or identifying themes etc in stories? Ask the teacher if she can hold your kid to a higher standard, have them write longer assignments, do some outside research on a topic, etc. [/quote]

+1  This.  Have you talked your kid's teacher OP?  My kid was a very advanced reader as a 4th/5th grader, and the teacher just gave him some books that are common on the middle school curriculum and told him to read them and write about them.  Even if your teacher doesn't want to do that, you can pick out some texts from higher level reading lists and just send them with your kid if the teacher is ok with that.  [/quote]

Yes we talked with our teacher. They said sending in books to read is fine. But we weee hoping for some work project based work or writing assignments. We can’t home school. I can’t believe we are the only student in this class cohort of 150 students at this level — those kids should be addressed with appropriate assignments to that group.  We aren’t looking for 1-on-1 instruction but any level appropriate guidance. [/quote]

I understand, but that’s not the job of the teacher or the school. I know it’s not what you wanna hear but it’s not their job to supply extra work/projects. Having your child working on a project with everyone else is doing math worksheets will be more disruptive than you think. Your best bets are probably with a book, a writing assignment you give, or a workbook from home.[/quote]

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