Sorry! Writing With Skill (WWS) is the book written by Susan Wise Bauer that is used in the Expository Writing WTMA classes. I always forget the class has a different name!

My daughter is in WWS2 with WTMA this year (after doing WWS1 with me). I would put my estimate at about 5 hours plus class time, like redsquirrel. We allocate an hour a day during the week, with 2 days being class days. She is usually not done by Fri and spends another 1-2 hours Fri afternoon/evening or over the weekend. She really enjoys the kids in the class and the interaction, and wants to take WWS3 next year, even though it is a pretty large commitment. We compensate for the workload by having her do almost no other writing for history or science, other than an occasional project or small tasks like adding events to a timeline!

I'm planning for my 5th grader to work roughly 8am-3pm Mon-Thurs. This includes: 1 hr music practice (piano and band instrument) 30 min free reading 1 hr 30min lunch&breaks 15 min chores 45 min writing & spelling 1 hr math & logic 45 min literature class 30 min foreign language (with some English vocab mixed in) 45 min science/history (each 2x/wk) Friday is just art, free reading and music practice.

Yes, just contact Maria, maybe in Aug, when they are renewing test centers and getting ready for registration in the fall. In the meantime, check with local libraries or other places (like the university you mentioned) that might let you use a room!

My DD did Saxon Intermediate 5 in school last year, and when we pulled her to homeschool this year, I decided to work through Dolciani's Pre-algebra book. This has been working pretty well. When we come across something that she hasn't had enough practice with, we pause and so some extra outside work i.e. Khan Academy. We have had to do some extra work on decimal and fraction multiplication and division, but otherwise she has been able to work through this book without a problem. It's been a challenge for her, but she is learning a lot! The plan is to do AOPS Pre-algebra next year to solidify everything before moving on to algebra. Johanna

DD got a silver. This was her first time doing the NME, so she was pretty excited about that! Do they post the answers? She only did the 30 question test, but tried the Theseus questions in the test booklet and wanted to find out how she did with those as well. Johanna

At a hardware level, computer architecture is the discipline that gets into how the sequence of instructions from the compiler is executed by by the CPU. For instance, a few bits of the instruction might indicate the type of operation i.e. addition, memory load, others indicate which registers hold the operands. These feed into different parts of the Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU) to execute the command and store the result. https://www.coursera.org/course/comparch Johanna

You should check with the manager of the specific test site you want to use, but last year that was allowed as long as they could independently take the test (i.e. read it themselves and fill in bubbles). MathK just wanted a note in the comment section when registering that the student was a Kindergartener. Then, next year she would still register as level 1 when she is in first grade. Johanna

My DH was having fun trying to figure out the answers too! Our group was mostly Caucasian, but that reflects the demographics of the smaller Midwestern town we live in. I was relieved to see the blue shirts, Last year's pictures showed showed bright yellow! Johanna

Anyone else doing Math Kangaroo this week? My DD is really looking forward to it! Johanna

The MindWare Grid Perplexors books have a Basic level which might work for you. Johanna

We tried one of the summer Leapfrog programs last year, but haven't tried their Sat. programs. The classes have a 2 year range (i.e. for PreK-K or K-1), did she take one where she was on the lower end? We were pretty happy with the teacher for my DD's class last summer. For the summer classes I know they recruit teachers with training in gifted education, so they were able to extend the activities and give her something more challenging. We took an English/writing class not math though. :001_smile: If you are wanting to teach your daughter specific things i.e. higher level spelling, then you probably want to buy some materials to teach her yourself. There are lots of threads on all different subjects and materials on this forum! Johanna

Another thing, besides Scratch, that I discovered recently is the Cargo Bot (free) ipad app where you program a robot arm to move boxes around. Johanna

You can ask them specifically, "How do you differentiate for <insert subject>." This type of question got responses describing the reading groups they use, use of Accelerated Reader, and/or Accelerated Math depending on the school. When speaking with the K teacher, I asked if she had ever had a student start the year reading (which she had) and that led into more questions and description of how that was handled. If you are talking with the principal, you can ask if they have ever skipped a student. Their response will tell you a lot about how resistant they might be to that option! Search the district's website to see if there is any sort of GT coordinator, they may be able to provide additional info or at least be a resource for the classroom teacher. I see from your signature you are using a Montessori preschool. If you are considering a Montessori school, ask what they do once a student has mastered the material in their room. My DS attends a Montessori school for PreK, so they just pulled in materials from the K room for him. Johanna

I'm glad to hear it went well! We also ran into the "social and emotional development" argument against skipping. The school personnel REALLY clung to that argument! However, at least they were willing to discuss a variety of accomodations for you! Congrats! Johanna