Hi,
Thanks so much for your response. As it happens I had a meeting with reading support today. It's the first time this year that I have felt hopeful. She pulled DS5 out yesterday and assessed him. She didn't assess to frustration but she tested GRL I and he aced it. She said the ceiling had been raised a little bit this year re: level I books but it doesn't sound like much. We'll see. She'll be talking to his teacher and encouraging a lot more differentiation. I'll probably have her test him to frustration at the beginning of 2nd quarter so I have that info and so that they are really aware of what they are dealing with. He doesn't show them in his class so I guess we'll have to go about it a different way. Now if I could only get the math specialist to take him seriously.
BTW he is happy in kindergarten. However the most excited I've seen him was last Friday when his teacher decided to do a little challenge with him. He said the teacher tried to trick him with harder stuff and it didn't work. This just shows me how much happier he would be learning something and having a little challenge to work at.
