The gifted program for our school district starts in third grade. They pull out the kids from each class during the regular school hours to take either the Math or LA or both. I believe they are accelerated classes. They start off with regular third grade material but at the end of third, they will learn some 4th grade material.

We are in Illinois so the schools are not required and not funded to have gifted program. We are lucky to even have one in our district. I've heard people appraised the teachers in this program because they are very responsible and caring about the kids. I can't ask too much but still hope the school can provide differentiated curriculum for my DS to the best of their ability.