Last week the high ability coordinator called me to propose a question. Cameron was placed with another student in his third grade class that also was high in math. That student ended up moving this year, so Cameron was the only one who would be in his math group in his class. The coordinator wanted to know our opinion regarding Cameron switching third grade classrooms. That would put him with students that he might be able to work with in a math group. His scores are pretty high for a third grader. In second grade he worked independently all year on Khan Academy, so the thought that he might actually have other students to collaborate with was definitely appealing.
Thus started to weekend of decision making. All of us really like the teacher they originally placed him with. We knew that she would definitely challenge Cam and for that reason we weren't sure we wanted him to move. The teacher he would be moving too is also a great teacher as is the other one in third grade. So then, we decided to think about the make-up of the students in the class. Cam had friends in both and overall it is a great group of third graders. We kept going back and forth, but finally Doug decided that we would go ahead and move him.
So, today Cameron started in his new third grade classroom. He said he had a great time. His best friend is in there, so we figured the transition would be fairly easy. They were both pretty happy. I know that he would have been fine if he stayed in the original room as well, but this just seems like the perfect fit .
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