In second grade the teacher (who had a gifted endorsement) pretested my son and the only taught him the missing skills...that took one month...she walked to the third grade book storage room grabbed a textbook, worwork book, testing book and supplemental book for advanced learners and walked back to her classroom. Each day she would get the class going with five warm up questions on the smart board. Some days they worked individually some days in pairs. She explained my son's lesson during this time. He then completed his work and worked on the computer or even had time for extended math projects.
Third grade they couldn't figure out how to walk down the hall and grab 4th grade materials (not gifted endorsed teachers)...I kept having meeting after meeting...same thing 3rd grade math not taught at same time as fourth grade. So one month into school with them realizing I wasn't going to have him do 3rd grade math again, he whole grade accelerated into 4th.
