Hi all,
My DS's (just turned 8 and in grade 2) report card came home and while I have known all along that his current teacher just doesn't get him, there was one thing on there that I think may be a gifted issue. There is a category called "solves math problems in multiple ways" and he got a below average score. Now, my DS tests at 4th-5th grade level in math concepts (doesn't know all his times tables) and was able to do all of the 2nd grade math in kindergarten. I plan to bring this up to her, but my guess is that because he is so familiar with carrying and it is so easy, he doesn't want to use the much slower methods of solving math problems (things like estimating generally make him crazy unless the numbers are really big).
Has anyone else encountered this sort of issue before?
Cat
