Thanks. It was definitely with a lot of help and advice from people here. In fact, a lot of what has gone well for us are resources that I found here. I'm going to have to try to catch up! We've had great luck with things like Murderous Maths, Horrible Histories, Life of Fred, Dragon's Slayer Academy, and a lot lot more.
Unfortunately I'm not quite to optimistic about the handoff from second to third grade. Last year when our teacher tried to borrow a third grade teacher's book before we had the GIEP updated whoever she talked with wouldn't lend it to her (!). Not sure what the whole story there was. The good thing was the director of pupil services and the math coordinator (district wide, not just for our school) seem to want to keep DS engaged and keep continuity with his individualized curriculum. We did have outside tests that stated he understood some math concepts as well as a high schooler* so I think that helped. I think it was actually a wake up call of sorts that yes, he's pretty gifted with math.
JB
* Keep in mind that those tests are age based not out of level testing. Doesn't mean he can do high school level math... yet
