Well, here I am back for more of your great advice! So here's the deal...DS10 (5th grade) needs to subject accelerate, especially in reading. A few years ago SB5 with 139 score, level 3 according to Ruf. According to the report, he is able to handle reading-based and mathematical materials three to four grade levels successfully...Suggessted that high school history and humanities courses would be excellent places for him to work on his writing. He is very high in his knowledge and quantitive reasoning, and has such a strong interest for acquiring info through reading, all of which indicates an intrinsic thirst for knowledge. Amazingly, principal and g/t coordinator are in support of whatever we suggest for DS!!! Sadly, this is a new thing for the district. In all of these years, to their knowledge, not one student has subect accelerated or grade-skipped...The good news is, is that they are willing with my DS to be the guneia pig LOL and DS wants it so much. This is where I have so many questions...What do I need to know about the Iowa Acceleration??? I suspect when school psychologist meets with DS, that he will be taking that. Next, how much do I ask for??? Should I just get radical and ask that he go into 8th or 9th grade reading right off the bat??? 9th grade starts our highschool...Does that make a difference??? Should I ask to see the curriculum and textbooks or should I just trust that DS can handle it??? Do I just do reading or humanities, history??? Those are his strongpoints. I don't evern know what classes they teach in highschool these days. For his "light" summer reading, he did buy "On the Shoulders of Giants" by Stephen Hawking, "The Big Bang Theory", and "What Darwin Got Wrong"...He absorbs the History Channel like a sponge. According to his report, he is suppose to handle higher math as well, but I'm not so sure about that. He seems fine in his classwork, though he does say he wants to be moved up. I see that sometimes though, he struggles with the basics. He doesn't love math. He does EPGY and doesn't exactly love it. He will particiapte in math masters in the spring. He also has a strong interest in science but g/t coordinator is working on getting him a science mentor and DS is having fun with his current science 5th grade class...He's making a terrarium. I know he is capable of more, he's reading Stephen Hawking for goodness sake, (!!!) but he seems happy with his current class. I am suppose to hand in a formal request with everything I want. Everyone seems to be on board and willing to make it work. I just don't know how much to do. What if the load is too much for DS??? How much do I ask for??? He has a brother in 6th grade. Our middle school is 7th and 8th and then high school is 9th on up. Diffrent buildings. HELP!!!
