Hi
My DS7 has been identified gifted by the school board. He is currently in grade 1 attending a French Immersion school. He has an IEP in place and they are supposed to be providing more 'challenging' materials for him in specific areas (math, reading, science). So far, we haven't seen a lot of evidence this is happening, although sometimes it's hard to tell.
Anyway, I got (naively?) excited to hear that they were starting a weekly science pull-out session with the gifted gr. 1s (there are 2 others in his class). [At the beginning of the year the principal had said they were discontinuing gifted pull-outs.]
I just found out what their first project will be: creating a picture or sculpture using materials of different textures (which is their current science unit).
Am I wrong to be disappointed with this type of project? DS is NOT an 'arty' kid and really resists anything crafty (he's not great with fine motor skills). Possibly the teacher's description was just too vague and there's more to it than it sounds?
But I'm wondering what to do - DH wants to say something to her - make suggestions to 'bump it up'. Since it may be the first pull-out she's done (she's new to the role), I may be inclined to wait and see how it goes.
Have your kids done this type of pull-out? What kinds of projects are usually done for grade 1?
