Thanks amylou and Kerry. This is my first time doing advocacy for differentiation and I am nervous because its not clear what the science teacher thinks. I think the whole class should be doing a lot more, and I want to bring that up but that's elsewhere and will likely take longer because that is curriculum argument. In terms of DS, what they do is so basic and he is so crazy far ahead that I'm just unsure. They make things and do incredibly basic experiments - science kit type things, so I'm not sure what they would do for him. But what DS explicitly says when it comes up which is not often, is that everything's predictable he wants to learn something new. But he also refuses to advocate for himself correctly seeing that he doesn't want to tell the science teahcer he thinks he know more than him, LOL I just don't know whats possible.i wold love it if he could go to the middle school, and the other science teachers.i just feel like the science teacher is an elementary teacher not a science teacher if that makes sense. The things that concern me are:
Offending the teachers
Giving him more not deeper or new work
I did think his main teacher would be the place to start but I am not even sure how much she has shown him. His K teacher started out wondering if he belonged there and by the end wrote his rec for DYS. So I am not sure the current teacher "sees" all of him. Then again she is a gifted vet and fabulous. So maybe she does. Fingers crossed!
DeHe
