[netmilsmom]

Here's one for you....
My kindergartener is in a class of 19 children. Nine of these kids are true behavior problems (who knows what the underlying reasons are, I suspect self-centered parents). The teacher, although a wonderful lady, is overwhelmed. She rewards good behavior in the bad kids but punishes good behavior in the good kids. My daughter has been tested very bright. She can zone when she is bored. All they do is color, cut and paste for every assignment. Needless to say, around March 1st, my daughter realized that the bad kids were not being punished and started to become a behavior problem. When I spoke to the teacher, guess what? She said my daughter is ADD.
Well, I worked for a Psychiatrist before I was married. I told him this entire story and asked him to be DEAD honest with me, is my daughter ADD. He said get her out of there asap. It is the chaos in the classroom and not my child.
I will NEVER medicate my children and will sell blood to afford to homeschool them if need be. I love my girls for who they are, not some zombie kids.

[Johnny Gage]

Sounds to me like you have a very bright and intelligent young lady. She's learned quickly the the "bad kids" get the rewards. It sounds like your typical liberal NEA driven school.

It could be nothing more than a case where she was bored because the class work was "underneath" her learning level.

Have you considered and smaller "charter school" or private school. Otherwise Homeschooling would be good to.

If you think there might be something else behind it, have an IQ test administered, and go from there to determine if there might be other underlying issues.

Dyslexia really doesn't manifest itself until about the 3rd grade. because it's at that point where the education system has completely shift from "pictures" to "words".

Hope this helps.