I get updates weekly on what DS5.5 is doing in 1st. And I'm still in awe. While there are many things that are new to him, like using 10s and 1s to figure out what a number is, there are so many things that he's far beyond. While his tests indicated 2nd grade, I don't want to push that far due to his age. He's already more than a whole year younger than the oldest in his class. And socially, he is NOT ready for another skip.

Thankfully GT pullout begins in January, and the GT teacher is the one that did his testing. So she is familiar with his strengths and weaknesses. But man, it really kills me to think that he needs more.

At least he's getting to be more involved with science experiments and whatnot - what he loves!

Edited to add: he knows numbers way beyond 1st grade-the 10s & 1s thing was more of the concept of figuring out which is which that is new to him. It sounded like he didn't know the difference between 19 & 91 above.

Last edited by JJsMom; 10/26/09 12:37 PM.