OK, I've been inspired. I wrote the principal as email today asking for an acheivement assessment for ds. I need to email the teacher also and let her know I did this, but it's not like the teacher can make that decision. I'm not even sure it'll fly - but my ds is not getting any differentiation in the slightest right now. I get that the teacher is busy, and frankly, my ds is a chameleon (witnessed this at a field trip recently), so I imagine the teacher has no idea where he is academically. And frankly, neither do we. Maybe it will be to no avail, but I can't stand to see ds getting so discouraged about school. He was so excited to 'really' start learning. Our weekends, where most kids would want to be free of books, are filled with the things ds is craving: advanced math work, science topics (g-force was the most recent), and reading. I get that the school can't teach on ds' whim...but I guess I expect SOMETHING.
