It seems obvious that she has no training or experience with gifted children, because that's the only way that "I'm bored" can be interpreted as "I don't understand." Someone with a passing familiarity with gifted needs would recognize "I'm bored" as "this material is too easy," would test that thesis by offering out-of-level testing, and then move on to a solution.
As for reading comprehension... keep in mind that first-grade reading material is horribly simplistic and uninteresting, and "reading comprehension" basically means "reciting from memory."
