My son has been identified as gifted by our school district, past that they have done very little if anything to meet his needs as a gifted student. However, that is a whole different ball of wax! He is currently a 4th grader and has complained to me for the last three days that his teacher gave the class an assignment involving drawing and color 20 spelling words and that he can't manage to finish. I have questioned why and he can't pinpoint anything. I e-mailed his teacher and she states that he has had plenty of time to finish, but refuses to send it home or let him work on it in free time, instead he is missing P.E. and recess to complete it. I explored with her maybe he was including too much detail, but she seemed to negate that fact. He loves to draw, but my gut is that he thinks the assignment lacks validity and is a waste of time, which I tend to agree with and believe 20 words is a little overboard. I am at a loss and need direction in understanding what is going through his head. The other time I can remember this happening was when he was asked to summarize chapters in a book he was reading and he tended to include too much information. In addition, I received his GT report today and his teacher commented that he tended to overanalyze problems, indicating that it was some sort of flaw. Needless to say I wanted to have some insight before parent teacher conference on Monday. Like mother, like son on the overanalyzing part!
Thanks for the help.
Last edited by EB's Mom; 10/09/08 07:59 PM.
