Preparing for end of 2nd grade for gifted student
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2018 7:33 pm
Hi ladies, I have a 2nd and 4th grader who will finish Bigger in a couple of weeks. My 2nd grader will be 8 in May and is the most gifted out of my 7 kiddos. She loves to read and for example finished all of Grandma's Attic yesterday and most of Charolette's Web today, which is typical. She is also finishing Singapore Math 2B before the end of March. My 4th grader is an older student, he is 10- will be 11 in September. He is a bright boy but had a slight language delay so is slightly behind. He likes to read and write stories but he is not as fast a reader as his sister- nor does he enjoy it anywhere as much. They work wonderfully together, have so much fun and are each others very best buddy. I do not want to separate them! My original plan was to follow Bigger with a light geography of the world kind of study and then start Preparing in September because I have heard strong warnings about not advancing younger students. However, I am rethinking this because in the last few months my son has made wonderful gains and I almost wonder if Preparing will be too light for him next year- especially since he could use a little pushing at times:). Also, he is currently so interested in ancient history and I know he would love the battle type story of Grandpa's Box( I have read that before with older children). Yet, if I move him ahead, I want to move his sister ahead too. I am wondering if I should have them both go 1/2 speed since we will be going into summer months when our school work naturally goes 1/2 speed anyway-lol, then do full speed in the fall- maybe even doing a couple of extensions with my son to fill in some gaps. Thoughts?