I'm so glad to hear this is fairly typical! It totally took me by surprise, and I had a moment of panic, thinking that there was nothing to do to help him. I emailed his teacher to ask for a conference, and gave her a brief explanation of why. She wrote back and told me that she has seen this happen before, and she can give him some extra stuff to work on. The school requires a certain curriculum, so he still has to do the basic stuff that is way too easy for him - but she's going to help him work on some other things as well. I thought it was enough to supplement at home, but it didn't occur to me that he would go to school expecting to work on the same material we do at home!
