acs, what preparation and support do you think might have made a difference? (I had an email at 8:30 monday saying they wanted to grade-skip my son...which makes me worry that it's a teacher convenience thing and that there's not much more than 15 minutes of thought gone into it - and less preparation!)
Hi Montana, I don't know what exactly could have been done. What got me thinking about good prep and support was this book
http://www.amazon.com/Re-Forming-Gi...mp;s=books&qid=1227630941&sr=1-9 I think it has some useful checklists etc that can be used for prep and follow-up.
I have heard of kids "visiting" the potentially receiving classroom before deciding to move there. Perhaps he could join the older class after afternoon recess for a week, then after lunch for the next week before finally joining all day. This visiting would be to see if it is a good fit for him and during that time, people can decide not to skip if it doesn't work out.
Also, have you already done the Iowa scale? That may give you insights into where he is most likely to run into trouble with the skip and then focus your support in those areas.
I hope this helps.
