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Jamie: Hugs to you and DS. It sounds to me like the sub was over the top. There are ways to get a child to do what you need without grabbing an arm and moving him. How would any of us like that? I hope they DO move him to a first grade classroom for your sake. Hopefully, he'd be happier!
Kristen: Nice to hear good news. Let us know how it goes after you e-mail the teacher.
A small update here: Last night, DS5's teacher told me the principal wanted to talk with me. Talk to principal, who tells me that they'd like to move DS5 to a different K class (the one where he currently is going for reading a couple of days a week). They realize that the sporadic shifting of classrooms during the week isn't working and they want his whole reading group together in the same classroom. This particular K teacher was the school's gifted and talented coordinator for several years before moving back to teaching this year. Still, I want to be sure this is the only move that makes sense and the right one. I don't want to move him and then have to move him again. So, I asked principal about the redo on his reading assessment, explaining that the reading specialist was re-assessing him. I want to make sure that the reading group he's in is REALLY at his level. Principal said she'd talk to reading specialist today. When I asked about math acceleration and making sure he'll have math peers as well, the principal went on autopilot about different kids, different parts of the brain. I could barely get out of my mouth that he's ready for first grade math, too.
Have any of you heard of this kind of movement? I'm wondering how to handle a classroom switch when it's within the same grade. How does he explain to his newfound friends why he's in a different class? Are there other questions I should be asking? We have a neighbor who just moved from one 1st grade class to another. The way his parents explained it to him was that he would just have a whole new group of kids to become better friends with - he would still be able to be friends with all the kids in his old class too. So he benefited from the move by expanding his friends - he was super excited on Monday to start in his new classroom. All same age classes have recess and lunch together so he still gets to see all his old classmates every day.
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DS is ready for 2nd grade math and reading but has a lot of social and emotional work to do before he's ready even for 1st grade. The more we think about it though the more it seems like maybe he has a mild SPD issue or something. If so it would certainly explain a lot and maybe help the school to understand better what is going on with him.
All we get for differentiation right now is harder worksheets he can do in math and phonics groups. She gives him 1st grade comprehension pages to do when the rest of his group does the prereading stuff and works on the sight words. And she has a packet of math worksheets he can do at various times if he chooses to.
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I don't know any kid that's gone from one class to the other in the same grade. So they want to move all of those that are more advanced to this class? Would the class be able to go at a faster pace? How far ahead are the other kids? Those are some things that I'd want to know 
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That's exactly what my DS gets.
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Thanks everyone for you advice. I met with the new teacher today and had a brief chat with the reading specialist. I think this is going to be a much better fit for DS5. The new teacher has a plan for what she wants DS to start working on and I'm very pleased with it. Plus, her classroom simply feels more like a place to learn and grow than his previous class, which looks and functions more like a preschool classroom. Unbelievably, this is the best I've felt all year about his schooling.
Courtney B: I used your friend's line about making even more friends. It worked like a charm. DS is excited about the move. Now it's just a matter of making the transition. I'm hoping it will be this Monday, but it may not happen for an extra week b/c of parent-teacher conferences next week.
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Congratulations on all of your efforts to make this transition happen for your son! Glad to hear he is excited about the switch
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I'm hoping it will be this Monday, but it may not happen for an extra week b/c of parent-teacher conferences next week. Good luck!!!
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Thanks everyone for you advice. I met with the new teacher today and had a brief chat with the reading specialist. I think this is going to be a much better fit for DS5. The new teacher has a plan for what she wants DS to start working on and I'm very pleased with it. Plus, her classroom simply feels more like a place to learn and grow than his previous class, which looks and functions more like a preschool classroom. Unbelievably, this is the best I've felt all year about his schooling.
Courtney B: I used your friend's line about making even more friends. It worked like a charm. DS is excited about the move. Now it's just a matter of making the transition. I'm hoping it will be this Monday, but it may not happen for an extra week b/c of parent-teacher conferences next week. Good luck! Glad that helped him be excited about the transition!
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Hi everyone - I've been out for a while because I returned to the workforce a few weeks ago. I keep lurking to get updates and brainstorming ideas from everyone, so thanks!
Here's our update. At our PT conference, we were hopeful because the teacher was so optimistic about our idea to do online EPGY for DS5 while the rest of the class is doing basic math/reading. Well, so far, nothing's happened and we have a meeting scheduled in 2 weeks. Well, nothing's happened re: differentiation while the class is doing basic stuff. But they did start letting DS pick out harder books in the library, and the teacher is sending home more appropriate books too. I guess at this point, we're not too concerned, since it's only a few months, but hopefully we'll get some action out of the next meeting.
DS has been out for a week with the dreaded flu, so now unfortunately he's been balking about going back to school. He says he'd rather be sick, because then he doesn't have to go to school. I'm sure he's just trying to get to me, but once he said this after a 30 minute straight coughing bout when I asked "won't it be nice when you're not sick?" I still think I'm going to have to make being at home much less fun!
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I still think I'm going to have to make being at home much less fun! LOL, DW and I were just discussing that tonight for DS who is recovering from a cold. With regards to PT I guess baby steps, first the better reading selection hopefully soon EPGY We had our PT on Friday and what started out going well quickly took a turn for the worse when the teacher mentioned the dreaded, "all kids even out by X grade" arrrgh. In all fairness they are trying, DS will be getting some special projects and working with math coordinator in the coming weeks to come up with a plan for the remainder of the year. Best wishes to everyone. -Guy
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