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WOW!!!! I talked to the principal yesterday and she said she is up for a challenge and wants to help my DS. She said she has some experience with gifted and most teachers do not. She wants to get the teacher on board with a plan. Now I need a plan. If you've read my many posts you might realize I need some how to get to have a manageable amount of stuff to talk about. I'm a little all over the place as I feel a bit over whelmed.

My DS is all "A" s except handwriting. We have him doing 3 & 4 th Grade Math. I'm not sure they will condense 3rd Grade Math any more or if it's worth it because his work he only spends 5mins. on this and he is not too bothered by it. I asked DS if he would like to do 2 digits timed facts instead and he said, "no". I'm not sure why but he was done talking about it at this point.

DS knows all his spelling the first day and has 5 days of worksheets to do related. His grade in this class is 100%. They are learning some terms and practicing handwriting. How would I figure out what he could skip? Would a teacher know?
This work book is among a folder of work he does self paced thru the day so if he skipped some and did something else he would still feel apart of his class. He works well independently. He could skip something else but I'm not sure what to ask for because everything is a possibility.

There are several subjects within this folder that if he could condense the work he could do something else. So any subject(s)is up for condensing. He has many interests and works well independently so that should not be a problem. I'm looking to balance his day not perfect it at this point.

I don't want him to feel like he can just skip something because he is not interested. In school there will be somethings he just has to do whether he likes it or not. The big question is how do we determine what would get skipped? How do I make the school feel comfortable he is learning what he needs. DS has amazing reading speed, and comprehension. He learns very quickly. Also how do I know the difference between not being interested and not being challenged enough?

We have applied to DYS so if we get in there that will help. I don't want to lose time waiting. My DS is not very happy at school and I'd like to start making a plan.

I am not interested in moving him up a grade right now. He does best with changes a little at a time. It would be fine for him to go up to another class but scheduling may be any issue as they have said this in the past. I have lots of ideas about what he could do. I just don't know how to make them feel comfortable to do something else. Letting him out of something needs to not be high maintenance for the teacher. Consistenty works best.