In 2nd grade my ds went up to 4th grade math and LA. In 3rd he was in 5th grade in both. The kids and teachers loved him. some of the kids were on his baseball teams too so that helped. They also clustered all the classes so he got to work with the highest cluster.
The downside was in 4th grade the teacher was suppose to accommodate him using AoPS pre-algebra. That never panned out so rather then make it a horrible year we did this at home. The next year in 5th grade we switched to a private school for gifted kids where 5th starts middle school.
So I think it can work out great. It seemed the older kids especially the girls had his back it seemed.
Also he is big for his age, has always been. That could have helped the situation.
Last edited by mecreature; 02/05/15 02:22 PM.
