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    From what I remember in my sleepy state, I think the GC will work with the DS5 and the other student mostly in math. DT said that she thought it was pretty easy to do some differentiation in reading, because she said she's able to explain certain things that go over the other kids' heads but that the 2 advanced readers would get. But she also said that DS5 could use the EPGY reading program if they were doing really basic reading lessons in class.

    EPGY is Stanford's online learning programs (Educational Program for Gifted Youth). I'm just so happy that DT thought it sounded like a good idea!

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    Yay! That's fantastic! laugh


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    st pauli girl - that is excellent news! And that is soooo good that your son may have an intellectual peer. Wow!

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    Thanks for the good news update SPG! We had DD5's teacher conference yesterday and it went well. She's doing subject acceleration (math & reading) and the K/1st teachers were both there. We seem to be on the same page regarding goals and agree the current set-up is working well to meet the academic/social/emotional needs. They also emphasized ongoing communication which is a big plus in my book. Whew, what a relief! smile

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    Originally Posted by inky
    Thanks for the good news update SPG! We had DD5's teacher conference yesterday and it went well. She's doing subject acceleration (math & reading) and the K/1st teachers were both there. We seem to be on the same page regarding goals and agree the current set-up is working well to meet the academic/social/emotional needs. They also emphasized ongoing communication which is a big plus in my book. Whew, what a relief! smile
    That's great news! Does she move to the 1st grade classroom for reading and math?

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    SPG - that is fantastic! Congrats on having such an amazing and accommodating teacher!

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    SPG: that's great news! I'm so happy for you.

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    The roller coaster continues. So, after hearing from the principal and DS's teacher that he was moving to a newly formed reading group, DS told me that he'd only met the teacher once and that he'd only be going to her twice a week.

    Seems odd, right? This is his reading group, but while all the other kids have a reading block daily, he gets reading only 2x per week. So, stop by and introduce myself to his new reading teacher. Get into a conversation with her and find out that they assessed him at a Level 12, which is essentially somewhere in 1st grade reading. However, I KNOW all the books he read this summer and having run some of the books by DS7's first grade teacher, I also know the books are all 2nd grade level.

    So, now what? I'm thinking that I should ask for a meeting with the school's reading specialist to request that she redo his assessment (his K teacher had said that either she or the reading specialist would do it and I don't know who ran the first assessment). DS told his new reading teacher that he was reading Flat Stanley, but it didn't seem to spark at all with her that his reading level placement doesn't come close to matching that series of books (and he's on his 3rd one in the series).

    Have any of you run across a potential underassessment like this? I'm flabbergasted.

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    I don't know about the assessment. So what's he doing while the other kids are doing reading? I wonder if they have him in a reading group below his level because that's where the other kids in the group are.

    They won't even assess my son so I haven't run into this before but I'd go to school and talk to somebody. Maybe you can ask the reading coordinator how they assessed him to get the conversation started.

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    mom2twoboys,

    We had the same thing happen to my daughter. She was easily reading 2nd grade books in Kindergarten, but at the end of the year she was assessed at a level C, which is the end of pre-primer rankings. Even her teacher said she was surprised that it was that low, which you think would have clued her in to maybe re-doing the assessment. But no. During the summer she started reading the American Girl books (grade level 3-4) and at the beginning of 1st grade -- a mere 3 months later -- she was assessed at a Level P, which is the beginning of 4th grade. So, clearly, the first assessment wasn't accurate.

    I think what happened -- although I can't be sure -- is that the assessments are somewhat subjective. Some teachers will count "Don't" wrong when it says "Do not" while other teachers will not count that wrong, for example. Also, some teachers will prompt a child to look again if they have misread a word that the teacher suspects they know, but other teachers won't. So, there can be some variability there even though the teachers are trying, I'm sure, to keep it accurate. Also, sometimes, kids just have an off day.

    The nice thing about reading is that, while it's ideal to have your child reading something at their level at school, it is thankfully something that can easily be made up for a home. Ideally, though, they should be reading something at their instructional level while they're at school, since we send them there to learn! So, I would schedule a meeting with the reading specialist to talk. Maybe you could bring in some books that he is reading, including Flat Stanley, but some other ones as well. And if you want to meet with her fully-armed, maybe look up each book's reading level on the Scholastic Teacher Book Wizard website.

    Good luck getting your son what he needs.

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