Originally Posted by Dottie
... my son and the only other GT kid in his 5th grade class would "hoard" points all quarter, and then test on day 1 of the next quarter, racing to see who could meet their goal first.

This is a hoot. I may accidentally suggest this to our son.

Since 2nd grade, I've had to ask his teachers to stop ramping up his point goal because it's just getting him focused on the quantity. Whenever he approached his goal, the teacher moved it up... it was getting insane. The kid already reads all the danged time... and doesn't need any further encouragement.

His 1st quarter totals are always positively looney because he tests on whatever he read over the summer.

I really like the hoarding strategy, though...

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