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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a kid with an IQ of somewhere between 145-155. In a classroom where doodling is not allowed and the only allowable reading materials are the grade level stuff the teacher provides. My kid literally cannot continue to sit still and pay attention to material that he had already mastered early in the school year. He has access to new material only on science days. The rest if the time, yeah, he is BORED. His teacher won't allow him to quietly entertain himself, on the theory that if he gets to draw, his seat mates will want to as well. We've tried to move him to a second grade classroom for reading and math (he is a 6 yr old first grader) and were told it would be too disruptive. How do you expect him to stay engaged in those circumstances?[/quote]

My 7 year old first grader has tested to the highest DRA  they can use on a first grader in fairfax (a 28 which is the end of second grade).  She can add, subtract, borrow, carry, all numbers up to millions.  She knows half of the multiplication facts now too. She isn't ored in school...but your kid is?  Behavioral problem, methinks.[/quote]

What does your daughter do when the rest of the class is working on skills she has already mastered?  Is she expected to do the same worksheets and then just wait silently for others to catch up?  What is her classroom like?  I know my son's classroom environment. I don't know your daughter's.  Does the teacher provide or allow for meaningful differentiation?  Does the teacher allow your daughter to move on to something else?  To read quietly?  To draw?  My son's teacher allows nothing but whatever the entire class is to be doing.  No meaningful challenge. So yes - he is bored. The question I have for you is how is your daughter NOT bored?  If she already knows what is being taught, how is it interesting or engaging for her?

(And note that I made it through my post without insulting your child or suggesting she is a problem. Try it sometime. It's possible.)[/quote]

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