Help! I sent my letter to the school today explaining how unhappy DD9 is at school and how we think the NNAT underestimated her ability (she's highly verbal). I emailed the teacher to give her a heads up on the situation and let her know what we're doing. The teacher has been very supportive of DD, but she mentioned that lately she's been giving DD9 Math Forum problems and DD is giving up on them if the answer doesn't come to her immediately. She is telling her teacher that she wants to take them home for help, but I have heard NOTHING about them. What's going on here? I want her to be challenged, but I don't want her to give up when it gets tough.
DD has been sick for several days and didn't want to go back to school today, although we made her. She and I talked about school last night, and she said her teacher just gives her more work when she finishes. I specifically asked if she was being given harder work, and she said no. She has not mentioned extra problems at all.
