Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums Learning Environments Oh dear, second grade math

One month in and we're still in review mode. I don't think it's getting any better anytime soon.

I talked to DS's teacher again and now have permission to substitute his homework up to something more challenging. But she is unable to do more in class. Yes. Unable. She said she doesn't feel like she has the skills to teach 3rd grade math to my 1st grader.

So he'll go ahead and do his 1st grade "count the dots" math at school 4x a week, work on the computer in leveled math 1x a week and I'll cover the rest at home. He's happy with that for now.

But it leaves me with some serious concerns about the state of teacher education. We know that they rarely cover gifted ed. But I'm pretty sure she should still be able to do elementary school math!