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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son is in a similar situation taking Algebra in 4th. He got this advanced because I was teaching him during the COVID times and we had a lot of time on our hands. He is also fairly quick to catch on things. The class he is taking is online through the local community college. I would not recommend an online class at that age unless there someone to tutor him one on one. We tried on line classes, regular classes through the school, enrichment like AOPS etc. and one on one instruction is by far the most effective since you can go back and forth with the student to figure out what he understood. Of course this takes more time and/or money compared to the others.

Another point, look carefully at the contents of the class, some skip material are are not well aligned with the common core. Then, when he house back to an in person class he might not have been taught the foundation for it.

Make sure he is placed appropriately through multiple measures. There are diagnostics test that are free like Khan Academy, or some that you can purchase like IXL or MAP. Don’t rely only on the school because this situation is something they don’t run into every year.

I would also advise taking your time, if it will be two years to go through Algebra 1, that’s perfectly fine, use the diagnostics to find areas that were not understood properly and have him work on them. In the end the goal is learning, not that he takes Algebra 1 as early as possible.[/quote]

Since NVCC doesn’t allow it, what community college is your son at? Is the tutoring in person? By a parent or outsider? Just seeking to have this information shared for others. Of course, if the course requires a lot of 1:1 tutoring - esp where you’re figuring out what he understood - one could argue your son wasn’t truly ready for this class as a 4th grader. Clearly, he’s bright but he’s also not on his own. He’s got a lot of support. [/quote]

It’s not even in Virginia since VA doesn’t do common core. This is an out of state person who doesn’t have familiarity with FCPS.[/quote]

Given that there’s only one student in the entire FCPS that is in a situation similar to the OP, not sure why this is an issue for you. [/quote]

New poster: because it’s bizarre she’s posting in an AAP forum. [/quote]

Lol at the post sorting in the right bin police. Seriously, you need to chill, you sound like you’re coming straight from the cast of ‘The Office’.[/quote]

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