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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A kid we know was an outlier from very early in ES. His 2nd and 3rd grade teachers really advocated for him and reached out to his parents to have him tested for HGC several years ago.  They said that he did not fit into any of the reading or math groups in the classroom and was frequently bored.

Not sure what the school can do if there are no groups of higher ability. 
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They could possibly have the child join a higher  grade for those subjects are skip entirely.  They could give the child higher level work to do on their own.  (Textbooks would be helpful here.)  They could have the child do self-paced work on the computer.  They could allow parents to send in work.  The child could read books at their level and do book reports.  They could do math brain-teasers.  There is a wealth of enrichment opportunities on the web.  This website has some great links:

http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/links.htm

When my DD was reading significantly higher than her peers, her extraordinary teacher gave her a book at her level to read.  Then periodically (I think it was about once a week), this teacher would spend her lunch break having book club with my daughter.  By the end of the year a few kids had advanced enough they could make up a reading group.  It transformed my child's reading interests.  Whereas previously she only wanted to read fluff (Nancy Drew Notebooks, fairt books, etc.), she started seeking out more complex, intetesting books.

While I will always be grateful to that teacher for going out of her way to help my child, I didn't expect that.  However, as described above, there are many things schools could do, with minimal effort/expense that would help.  I agree that the HGCs are great, but there needs to be something before fourth grade to challenge the child.  [/quote]

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