Well done, comprehensive enrichment can be great. My son's kindergarten schedule is the same, and while he's tested into or beyond second grade math (depending on which administrator you talk to), scheduling prevents him from joining the class taught at his level. I would have been absolutely thrilled with their plan of enrichment had the teacher done anything. I specifically requested, and they thought it was a fantastic idea, that he be given opportunities to learn that which educators wish they could teach, but don't have time in the day: logic, sets, patterns, etc.
Eta: that article on Hoagies types enrichment as effectively more of the same. DD's first and second grade math enrichment (provided inconsistently) was not more. It was things like logic problems, what if -type of questions, and probability. It wasn't accessible to many kids in the room, and indeed, we had one problem come home where it was later revealed that the teacher didn't know how to solve.
Reading is easier to differentiate. Is she being prevented from reading appropriate material at school? Are there related skills that the teacher can address?
I'd also go and observe the first grade classroom teachers. See if there 's someone who is clearly differentiating beyond the curriculum. But yes, too big a mismatch across too many subject areas make differentiation and enrichment difficult.
Last edited by geofizz; 01/28/12 04:20 AM.
