Don't have much advice, but I feel for you. My son has always been slow to do work he considers boring. But my DS15 is often also slow to do work, particularly if it's boring work. Second grade was quite difficult since the teacher would only give him the more advanced work when he completed the normal work first. Frustrating because why should a kid have to fill out 25 addition problems that he knows in order to get more advanced math. It's one of the reasons we put my son in the local gifted program in 4th. Luckily DS has a much better teacher in 3rd grade.
We finally had DS tested this past summer. Turns while he scores quite high of most skills, he has average working memory and processing speed. These obviously show him down. I agree with most of the others, the school here is confusing "gifted" kids with those who are high performing and are quick to do the work.
Good luck finding a solution.
Last edited by bluemagic; 09/21/14 03:19 PM.
