Well, I don't know any kid who wanted to return to school but in your DS' case, there is a specific culprit that can be addressed. I wouldn't expect a second grader to self-advocate although it would be helpful for him to respond appropriately if questioned. DS actually received his first math acceleration at that age because frankly by that time, math class was intolerable. He went from 2nd to compacted GT 3rd/4th grade math and the only challenges were the extensive writing and increased executive function skills.
DS actually spoke to the K teacher (without my knowledge until months later) about lack of math instruction but was satisfied with her response that K was for focusing on other areas and that he won't learn any math until first grade. We were very fortunate that he had an exceptional teacher in K and was extremely happy otherwise. Unfortunately, other than graphing data and some miscellaneous topics, first grade did not provide any math instruction either so DS was significantly more disappointed by that time. On the positive side, there was such heavy focus on reading and writing that math was still a small part of the day. Furthermore, the first grade teacher was the person who nudge me to accelerate him in math the next year.
Anyhow, my point was that you need to take action when it truly becomes intolerable but sometimes waiting a little can have benefits. In our case, I am glad that we waited until he was 7 because his writing (composition) ability as well as handwriting and executive functions skills were strong enough by then to succeed without risking second citizen status. The other advantages were that we had positive feedback from prior teachers to support the acceleration and DS happily accepted the bad/inconveniences because he really appreciated the opportunity by that point. For example, his second teacher voluntarily changed the class schedule so the math classes lined up but there were still occasions when he had to miss math class or miss something fun in 2nd grade.
I would begin by asking the teacher for differentiation and if that doesn't work, then ask for acceleration.
Last edited by Quantum2003; 01/05/15 08:07 PM.
