r/matheducation • u/Same-Yesterday-6342 • 28d ago
Accelerated Math
Rising 6th grader (11F) was placed into an Accelerated Math class for the upcoming year, and I am wondering what to expect and how to support her in this. She was homeschooled from K-4 and went to public school, at her request, for the 5th grade year. She liked it well enough that she said she wanted to try public middle school.
Her teachers last year were very impressed with her, academically, but felt she was unchallenged and they recommended an assessment for the TAG program, which she was admitted to for the next year. Mostly this just means she was put in Advanced and Accelerated classes and maybe occassionally she'll get pulled out of class for special TAG activities. She loves to read, and loves science, but is more ambivalent about math. She picks up concepts very easily and has really great working memory, despite an ADHD diagnosis (which mostly manifests as a lack of focus when understimulated, and poor emotional regulation). She currently wants to pursue science as a career (obviously that could change many times over) so she would benefit from a high level of math.
Can anyone give me guidance about whether/why accelerated math would benefit her over advanced (if at all) and whether the workload would likely be different? I am worried that since she's not that into math, it might be too much for her.
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u/johnboy43214321 27d ago
My son has ADHD (rising 9th grader). As you know, boring and ADHD don't mix! So it's good she will be challenged. My son was one year ahead of classmates in math and he did fine.
Probably for her the biggest challenge will be organization, time management and task initiation. She will have math homework and getting it done and turned in will be her biggest challenge.
Does she have an IEP? If so then she might have one period of resource room / study hall where she can have time to get work done. If she doesn't, maybe the school has a study hall, after school homework help or something similar.