Hi Mamabear -
It sounds like your daughter's teacher has bonded with her, and 'gets' her, at least a little bit. Perhaps she will be open to your suggestions - I hope anyway.
I like the idea of starting the wheels turning for skip that would start NEXT September - at the pace things go in the school system, now would be the best time to start. And it would signal to the teacher to take an even closer look at your daughter and 'get' her even more clearly. Perhaps a trial of subject acceleration would be good to try, so she would still be with her main teacher for Most of the day...
I would encourage your daughter to write a heartfelt letter to the teacher about how she feels about the reading program that you can share with the teacher, face-to-face at the meeting, so that the teacher 'gets' that you are following your child's lead, not 'one of those parents.'
If heard it said that School folks are able to hear 'self-advocacy' from children starting around the age of 12. For us, at age 10, suddently the school-folks stopped thinking he was a pain and started taking him seriously. Before that age, Parents are encouraged to be 'in charge' of Advocacy, on behalf of their children, but to bring 'evidence' of their children's interest along with them to present it, rather than owing the problem themselves.
Make sense?
Grinity
