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.
JB
We had this problem when my ten-year-old was in second grade. I've told this story before but...in case you haven't read it:
Getting a third-grade level book for DS's book of the week was a real challenge, in spite of the fact that he'd done the second grade books the previous year. Finally, the 3rd grade teacher gave him a book and a book report form one Monday. He read the book and handed in a book report on Friday. I mentioned this to the 3rd grade teacher after the weekend, and asked her "Okay, what's the new book of the week?" She paused and said, "Oh...that was a three-week project for the third grade."
Everything --- EVERYTHING --- changed after that. Somehow, when he surpassed their own expectations for older kids, they saw his abilities in a different light. They offered him a skip not too long afterwards.
Hang in there,
Val
