So confession time, I meant to say something to his teacher but got busy with work and never got around to saying anything.
The good news is that the teacher decided on her own to cut repetition in half for regular math and switch to oral answers for math fact quizzes. He is moving along nicely now.
For reading comprehension he and his teachers have worked out a solution. He is reading books of his choice at home (and taking them school) and then discussing what he read with his teachers. If they have not read the book, he lends them his copy so they can read it too. It seems like more of a book club than school work but it is a nice set up for all of them.
I think his teacher has moved from having high expectations for a preconceived idea of a first grader to having high expectations for him based on his capabilities.
I am so glad it looks like this is going to be a good year.
