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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is all rather ridiculous.  What to do to "help" your daughter who is already advanced?   Obviously give her challenging reading materials at home and [b]make sure her school is giving her challenging material[/b].  I feel like starting a thread for those of us whose kids struggle with reading. They actually need "help".[/quote]

Every child could use help, regardless of the level they are currently at. Its statements like yours that people use to justify defunding gifted services, implying that differentiated instruction is only appropriate for students who are below grade expectations. All kids need and deserve support to do advance, no matter where they are starting. Otherwise, why require advanced kids to go to school?

I do agree with the rest of your post--give the kid more challenging things to read, and discuss them with her.[/quote]

No where did I say the school shouldn't provide challenging material to the advanced child.  Just that I find it ironic that someone is on here looking for "help" for their kid who is at the top of the class.  [/quote]

op here: the teacher simply doesn't have the time to give her extra work or to focus on her specifically. she gets her reading time with one other child and it lasts about 10 minutes. i just wanted some ideas to keep her interest and ability up. i can see that if i left her alone in these big classrooms, by third grade, the other kids would have caught up and kept on going and DD wouldn;t have advanced very much b/c there was no time to focus on her - no time for the school to push her or give her more or new things to do,

that/s all[/quote]

this is PP.  the sad thing is - my child is struggling and I don't feel like she gets the attention she needs either.  the class size is way too big and the teacher just doesn't seem to be able to handle it at all.  i'm sooooo discouraged.[/quote]

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