Does anyone have any suggestions for helping a GT kinder,
who is performing at an advanced level on writing and
drawing tasks, but is getting extremely frustrated due to
her work not being up to her personal standards? The class
is doing Kidwriting, and she shuts down the second a letter
isn't written correctly (IE, the second it doesn't look
exactly like the one on the wall), a word isn't spelled
correctly (she will not accept phonetic spelling or a magic
line-if it doesn't "look right" after she's written it, she
gets very upset), or when her drawings don't match the
picture in her mind. She also doesn't want to dictate to an
adult because "I can do this". Her handwriting is actually
very good for her age, and her pictures have a lot of
detail. Her vocabulary and sentence structure are amazing.
We have tried encouraging her to tell her story into a
recorder or typing it, but she's very concerned about it not
being fair.

The K class has 24 students, with 2 adults for most of the
day. There are no direct GT services for kindergarten. The
child does have an IEP with a teacher on consult, but since
the teacher doesn't teach young children, she's not
providing many suggestions, either.

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