Nathan's a genius

Must come from my side of the family. ;)

I had a parent-teacher conference yesterday. Ms. Lumpkin says he's a pleasure to have.

He came home one day and he told us that he had scored a 700 on a reading test. But when he tells us stuff like that, he doesn't include context so I had no idea really what he was talking about. It turns out that means he's reading at a 3rd or 4th grade reading level. So she's been unofficially sending him next door to a 3rd grade class to read with them for an hour every day. He seems to be enjoying it, and the 3rd grade teacher says he's been fitting in just fine. No signs of frustration.

She can tell when he gets frustrated. He comes real close to crying. She mentioned a standardize math test, which had stuff on it that they hadn't covered yet. He was not wanting to turn that paper in until he had completed everything. And actually it took some coaxing from the teacher's aide to get him to turn it in. And yet he's way beyond the other kids on stuff like 3-digit numbers.

But in any case, she wanted to know if I'd give permission to have him tested for the gifted and talented program. I said sure. If he's tested and placed in the program, he's spend half the day with his regular class and half with the gifted class.

She said he's talked a little bit about Eric being gone, but hasn't acted out or had any behavioral issues.

All in all, a very positive report. He's got his daddy's looks and his momma's brains!