Hi all,
I had a question regarding reading acceleration. My third child, dd7 is in first grade. She taught herself to read about age 3 and loves it! Her older two sibs are id'ed HG and probably MG. She has not had ability testing besides NNAT a few years ago to be admitted to a GT magnet for K. She scored enough to get in about 125 or so.
However, my concern is her reading. Her first grade teacher said she was only ALLOWED to test her to a DRA level of 30 but knows she can go higher. She is the highest reader in class. A 30 is about 3rd grade. The teacher is not a good fit and does the very bare minimum for the kids. I've asked to have her work differientated (which is a very common and standard practice at this school.) The teacher told me what she would do but even that isn't happening nor is it enough. During guided reading, my daughter is in the highest group but well beyond the group. The differeientation consists of AR tests when she'd like and allowing her to write more on her writing assignments......
Since this teacher isn't really going to give her what she needs I'm considering asking about subject acceleration. My daughter is reading 4th grade books with ease. I'm not sure if her reading level is much higher than that.
Is this a level where subject acceleration would help? Or, would she need to be higher yet on reading? My dd is even writing "this is too easy, I need something harder...." on her papers she turns into her teacher... She's a strong willed little gal! She loves to learn and loves teachers who "get her" and challenge her. This one does not. In fact, I'm planning to tell the principal that if my ds6 is placed in this classroom next year, I'll be homeschooling him....Just not a good fit for bright kids.
