I haven't been posting much but I can echo with Kriston that the anger and frustration issues I have seen in DS5.5 since he began school are not just normal adjustment issues. I know that in my gut.
In K, the teacher now allows my son to fit in the role of teacher's pet. He reads books to the other children when he has completed his work. He tells me that he enjoys this activity in an otherwise boring morning. He has also had many behavior issues (knows as strikes in his class)for pushing incidents, hugging a friend too tight, talking too much, etc.
In 1st grade, the teacher is emphasizing his need to work in groups--I do agree with this but making tally marks of objects isn't really DS5.5's idea of fun math. He also tells me that he spends most of his day "just sitting around learning nothing". They are supposed to start reading groups this week but DS says that no one has actually listened to him read yet so he doesn't know how they will find a group for him. My assumption is that he will just be in the highest reading group.
DS5.5 has also been calling himself "stupid", "a maniac", and "a trouble-maker" during the evenings. He has also been so negative and arguementative. There was also an incident last week when he actually bit a friend during recess. I was appalled. My son didn't even bite when he was a toddler--why would he start this now????
Sorry JBDad for hijacking your thread but I can't offer advice--only commiseration. I have decided to arrange meetings with his teachers and seek some professional counseling for DS5.5. I think he needs to talk with someone about his anger and frustration before it gets out of control. I need school to work--I love my job and don't want to homeschool. It also seems like the gifted private school I was hoping would work out for next might not get off the ground.
At guess at this point we can sit and wait together. It has to get better. It must get better.
