grade skip? - 01/05/11 09:52 AM
It's not like I haven't done this before...but for another child (dd4), different school scenario, etc.
Ds10 seems certainly ready to try for (much) harder stuff in both language arts and math. He is not getting 'straight A's' so much anymore, pretty much completely due to organizational issues which are not major; I have been trying to let him deal with this a bit on his own. He still does quite well despite never having any of his stuff .
He worries a great deal when he doesn't get an A (anything that is not an A is 'probably an F', according to him ~ bit dramatic...).
I am trying to let him get ok with not getting As or close to As on everything.
He has not been asking to skip a grade up until recently, but I think after getting about 1/2 way through the EPGY beginning algebra course, he might be feeling like grade 6 is going to be a lot of the same-old-same-old, plus bullying. (He says he's heard 6th grade is the worst for bullying). I am not sure 7th would be much different than 6th for the bullying, but maybe for math and language arts it would work better for him. Anyway, lately he has been asking about it, and yesterday made very clear that he wants to skip if at all possible. I really never said that this would be much of a possibility, and again said about the same, but figure I might look into it.
How is 7th grade compared with 6th for new material? I think around here for math, pre-algebra is considered 'advanced', and I know he already knows all that...
Would a somewhat anxious kid do better with harder work, or beat himself up even more?
The main reason I would consider this is that when new concepts are being introduced he is soooo different about his work and his attitude than when the same old stuff is being re-run...
Ds10 seems certainly ready to try for (much) harder stuff in both language arts and math. He is not getting 'straight A's' so much anymore, pretty much completely due to organizational issues which are not major; I have been trying to let him deal with this a bit on his own. He still does quite well despite never having any of his stuff .
He worries a great deal when he doesn't get an A (anything that is not an A is 'probably an F', according to him ~ bit dramatic...).
I am trying to let him get ok with not getting As or close to As on everything.
He has not been asking to skip a grade up until recently, but I think after getting about 1/2 way through the EPGY beginning algebra course, he might be feeling like grade 6 is going to be a lot of the same-old-same-old, plus bullying. (He says he's heard 6th grade is the worst for bullying). I am not sure 7th would be much different than 6th for the bullying, but maybe for math and language arts it would work better for him. Anyway, lately he has been asking about it, and yesterday made very clear that he wants to skip if at all possible. I really never said that this would be much of a possibility, and again said about the same, but figure I might look into it.
How is 7th grade compared with 6th for new material? I think around here for math, pre-algebra is considered 'advanced', and I know he already knows all that...
Would a somewhat anxious kid do better with harder work, or beat himself up even more?
The main reason I would consider this is that when new concepts are being introduced he is soooo different about his work and his attitude than when the same old stuff is being re-run...