Just a recap of our situation for those who don't know ...
My ds, 6yo KG, started first grade this fall at a private gifted school, after a year in public K during which he was not accelerated for any subjects. His WPPSI testing last year put him 2 points shy for Davidson on IQ and well over their requirements for achievement testing -- so he's a pretty quick kid.
His new gifted school groups children in 2-year-split homerooms (he's in a first/second grade class), and then they break into 4-8 child groups for math and language arts. From what I know right now, he'll most likely be placed in a 3.5-grade-level group for both reading and LA.
In math, he was *almost* placed in the 4th grade group but had a few "gaps" in his knowledge, according to his teacher. We'll be watching the classwork for the next few weeks to make sure we think he'll be appropriately placed there or if it will be mostly review for him; if we don't feel he's appropriately placed, we'll make some noise. If it's only a few "gaps," we'll happily fill those at home with a bit of afterschooling so that he'll be up to speed with the 4th grade class. I've heard from several parents that the squeaky wheel really *does* get the grease at this school!
The first semantics question: Does this count as an acceleration? If I were discussing our situation to other GT-initiated people without going through the whole above story, would I say he was "accelerated 2 years in math and reading"? Would you consider him "accelerated," even though he's with age peers for the rest of the day?
My other question is, are there issues that might arise, "gap"-wise, that might come up from what is in essence a multiple grade skip? Might he have gaps there that *aren't* intuitive for him to figure out, like parts of speech or things like that? And since this class will supposedly be taught at a "gifted" pace with children from multiple grades, I'm just *slightly* worried he might be given less time to cotton ... I should worry about these things, or should I count on him to "catch up" as I would with a standard acceleration?
From what I'm thinking in my head, he hasn't been accelerated a single year in these subjects; he's been accelerated more than 2, at once. Are these valid worries or am I being paranoid?
