Thank you so much for much, I am feeling much calmer. Some of this came from my son who just rolls his eyes at me when I say something like "should we practice your 8 x X times tables (the only thing the math specialist suggested over the summer was to practice times tables). He makes me laugh and just reminds me that this isn't such a huge deal.
We had a talk tonight about gaps, and that it was important for him to communicate to the math teachers and to Mom and Dad if something was covered that he didn't understand - that it was normal there might be a few areas that he needed some help with (I explained that we it wasn't fair for the adults to expect that he could teach himself all of third and fourth grade math and he might need a bit of help "in a few spots").
Beyond that, I am trying to stay out of it. I reviewed the 5th grade curriculum briefly and there is nothing there that he isn't fully capable of understanding, so there you go. And I am trying very hard (and succeeding at this point) about not thinking about anything beyond the next 6 weeks.
A lot of our acceleration questions have been answered (the schedule is well settled, the receiving teachers are lovely and met with DS, he has his own desk, supplies, etc.,) but we have not asked about enrichment (we have a one time/week pullout). My thought is that we will see how things are going at week 6. If things are good, at that point I will ask that he be included int the pullout (although I think he has been exposed to much of it - non-base 10, roman numerals, that type stuff).
If I had the money, I would send each of you a plane ticket to my state and have a get together with champagne, coffee and dessert in my living room. Thank you, thank you for the strength to follow my instincts on this. I do think it will go well!
Cat
Last edited by Catalana; 09/03/10 06:22 PM.
