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Basically, we wanted AG identification to assure something gets done. Teacher makes a lot of promises and no follow through.
She does do AR (had been the only K'er in the program, but now a classmate is, too). Teacher fails to have time for it, and my attempts to figure out a way to put the onus on us didn't work...she has done TWO AR quizzes since September, both first grade level books, got 100% on both. She says she just picks an AR book, whatever she wants, and takes the quiz when she returns it, but that teacher doesn't have enough time. She's brought home 6 AR books but only quizzed on 2. Last one, SHE chose not to because "it isn't worth the hassle".
She's also allegedly in a junior AG program. It's supposed to extend what the other kids do, not jump grade levels. 5 K classes, they do this as a pull out with a parent volunteer with all the top performing kids in the class a couple of times a week. DD's class? She has sent home 3 worksheets since September for us to do at home. We do them, turn them back in, never get more. They're meant to work as a unit, building on themselves, but we don't get the whole unit, only 1/8 parts of it.
Teacher smiles happily and tells me how smart the kid is, and offers all these ideas for what to do. Then nothing happens.
They *do* academics there. Tons of worksheets. Literacy stuff for 2 hours a day (primarily spent learning letter sounds, to hear DD report, but we don't really know; she also sometimes reads to kids who don't know how).
When she's been assessed, she underperforms in situations where, frankly, I don't know how she could perform on level...assessment done at the playground on first day of school. Misses one word in a book and that's her level (didn't even miss it; just pronounced it differently, and consistent with her own pronunciation of it) after starting at "what letter is this?" while other kids were at recess.
School is great, with lots of gifted kids, so there's a lot of good academics being done, but she's frustrated and crying over how low level the work is. We just want follow through, but have no idea how to get 'er done.
