I agree with Deedee and Polarbear. To expand, maybe ask the teacher to give a list of "types" of things aren't acceptable and then ask for what is acceptable. For example, I think a lot of us and our kids were rampant doodlers on our folders/book covers or whatever. Find something that isn't considered distracting. I do think some kids want to be doing things that are physical to focus. I've been told my DD11 would constantly draw things during lessons when she was in Montessori. They would think she wasn't listening but she would end up retaining the lesson. Sometimes she doodled a picture that represented the lesson. I figured it was more personality than anything vs being gifted.