Do you find WM or language challenges IRL? Does he have trouble remembering or following through with directions? Ask frequently for repetitions? Often say, "huh?" or similar?
Not really
Struggle with expressing himself clearly?
He could be, but is it a boy "thing"?
The key when looking for potential 2e is looking at relative differences in achievement and correlations with relative discrepancies in ability testing.
if everything is great and wonderful and the student is functioning well and happily with academics, then perhaps a discrepancy is simply that and nothing more - and the higher area is a strength and that's it. However, if there are other things going on, such as issues with specific types of academic tasks, then you'll want to look at the big picture of what's happening by comparing performance at school, challenges observed at home (if there have been any), etc with test results to make sense of what's going on.
The teacher’s recommendation was mostly due to rushed and sloppy work (more notably as the school year goes on) and possible enrichment opportunities. At home, impulsivity is also a concern.
To be honest, I am more concerned about the possible 2e than enrichment at school at this point. He avoids tasks related to reading/writing (and English is his first language), which is not his strength. I always assume kids avoid tasks that are difficult to them.
