Why does this child have an IEP? I was considering my answer
until I read that. What issue(s) generated the IEP? Without
knowing that, one would be answering in rather a vacuum. Even
before reading that, I was thinking.... how interesting.

I'd want to know a bit about family history too. We can say
good things even the right things till we're blue in the face
at school but it can be to no avail if at home a message of
perfection is preached.

She has advanced level writing and drawing skills so her
mistakes are slight - she has advanced level reading
abilities too clearly for she recognizes misspellings. I
remember with shock the day I envisioned a lovely fall scene
in my mind and watch big bright clownish orange pumpkins come
off my crayon.

What else upsets her? Is she only upset by these two issues?
That would be Very interesting if she's not upset in any
other venues of life.

But as interesting would be knowing what her IEP is for.

> 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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