These things are not remotely debilitating for her, and as I said, at grade level, she makes almost no errors, and the errors she makes above grade level (math, not in reading, where she is fairly flawless), are not because she doesn't understand the material. The order of her work is grade level math, then extra math (not sure the level here) then above grade level math, then enrichment folder. The other kids do grade level math and that is it. I think at the point she gets to her extra work, she wants to make paper airplanes out of all those worksheets and I don't blame her. Her teacher says she completes her work and extra work before the others even do their grade level work, but then the teacher sits me down and makes a big deal out of her skipping problems or making a careless error although she acknowledges that she knows the material. Perhaps they haven't considered that at some point it isn't about more work but more appropriate work. Her grade was lower than expected due to careless errors and not asking for more work even though she tested at 100% on end of year tests the first week of school. I know some kids are math fanatics and would want more work after that, but come on, I don't think her grade should be dependent on those things.
Last edited by TwinkleToes; 04/27/13 03:30 AM.
