It went OK. The teacher rushed in with an outline of how they spend their days and that eased my anxiety somewhat. The 20 days thing is in case they end up with way over/under subscribed classes. In which case they would have to reallocate teachers / students. OK. Obviously that would be unfortunate, but there's no fighting it.
The gifted pull-outs for reading and math start the 13th, with some orientation before that. They are planning on having my son in those groups.
BUT.....the gifted math is the same Investigations 4th grade curriculum, with some additional material. I don't think that's going to cut it. My son already knows the fourth grade math well and most of the fifth. SO I said, "I know you aren't his teacher for math, but do you know how it is handled if a child is beyond the grade level curriculum?" She said I would have to talk to the principal and the teacher. I thought it was interesting that she mentioned the principal before the teacher. Made me think this has come up before.
I have an email in to the gifted coordinator and I will shoot one off to the gifted teacher.
If anyone has any comments on how to handle this from here, or the Investigations curriculum, I would be appreciative. The worksheets he has been bringing home are not appropriate. I get what they are trying to do, but my son doesn't need to study an egg carton to know that 2x6 = 12. I have an advanced degree in math myself and I've worked with him a little, so I think I have a decent idea of what he's capable of.
The other thing is - my younger son is in a gifted school were he will be studying the NC fourth grade curriculum as a third grader. I am in hopes that both kids will be there next year. So obviously, from my standpoint, the ideal solution is to have my son in fifth grade gifted math as a fourth grader.
Anyone BTDT?
