This is really hard. I get a phone call home on average once a month due to 8 yo ds being "disrespectful" or "not listening" or "refusing to do the work." He's well above 99%ile on every test he's taken. He's bored, and frustrated, and disdainful about the work he is asked to complete.
His teacher is kind and knows his scores, but there's just such a disconnect between what he could do/wants to do and what he's being forced to do in his age-appropriate classroom. It doesnt help that he's obnoxious about it and therefore acts rudely and gets in trouble.
I'm really torn between understanding how hard it is for him to be forced to add double digit numbers day after day when he gets math scores at the HS level, and frustrated with his behavior issues and seeming inability to figure out that if you're visibly snarky and smug about the work, you will get in trouble.
He will likely be placed in a differentiated gifted program in a year, but until then, we have to survive 3rd grade. Does anyone have any tips for how to help a bright, bored kid to behave better in the classroom? If you've had a child move from a traditional classroom into a gifted classroom, did it help? Anyone BTDT?
And thanks for letting me vent. It's not the kind of thing I can say anywhere else.
I am truly sorry for what your poor little guy is going through. He is too young to realize that he needs to play the game - he is being forced to do things that are below his level constantly and he is responding to it.
When my child was in such a classroom, I had several meetings with the teacher to see how we could solve the problem. Since she could not do anything above and beyond her job description, I asked her if she was open to me sending in a work packet from home every day. She was so relieved to hear me say that and even told me that she would correct the work packet after DS finished it. Her condition was that DS could quickly finish his regular math and then start on his work packet. I sent in Singapore Math material and some other stuff that year. Hope this helps.
