I know there is a great deal of wisdom and experience on these forums, so I wanted to ask for some insight. We had a meeting with our DS's first grade teacher, principal, resources teacher, 3rd grade math specialist and psychologist yesterday to address his math instruction. Long story short, they kept saying he is an "anomaly" and they were not sure exactly how to proceed, but agree he needs to move into a higher math class. He scored a 218 on the fall MAP-P and has successfully completed many of the tasks the 3rd graders are working on to qualify into an accelerated and compacted math program for 4th and 5th grade. We have basically been given the option on moving him into 3rd or 4th grade math starting in 2 weeks. While my instinct is 3rd grade, that class is already full (he would be student 31!) and it doesn't start until 30 minutes after his math block begins. The fourth grade on the other hand, meets at the same time and only has 21 students. We were able to get some of the assessments the 4th graders completed first semester to work on over the weekend (at my request) to see if he knows the material. What other factors should we be considering? I honestly was thinking they would suggest moving him to 2nd grade math, so I'm a bit shocked by their suggestions. I really appreciate any advice you can share!
