http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/242704/Pros-and-cons-to-high-honors-4th-grade-student-in-a-3rd4th-grade-combined-class I just learned that my 4th grade son was placed in a combined grade (3/4) classroom and I am very concerned that he won't thrive in this environment. My son is a straight "A" student, making the principals list or high honor roll every quarter since he started school. Presently, he is reading at the 9th grade level, and so far he has been the highest scoring student in every class, in Language Arts. He has often been bored with the slow pace in LA. According to the STAR Student Report, in the California Standards Test, he scored in the advanced levels in both Language Arts and Mathematics, and his national percentile ranks are as follows: Reading -95%; Language - 94%; Spelling - 93%; and Mathematics - 83%. All this said, I don't think the placement will benefit him as much as it would his teacher (same teacher as last year) and I need advice ASAP on what to do, if anything! GreatSchools en-us hermom Wanted to ask you how things are going with the 3/4 split class. We you able to get some first-hand info by visiting the classroom and/or talking to the teacher? ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/242704/Pros-and-cons-to-high-honors-4th-grade-student-in-a-3rd4th-grade-combined-class?cpage=1#comment_254084 5100.254084 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:07:31 -0700 hermom My daughter tested in the superior range in all subjects and skipped 3rd grade and was placed in the split 3/4 class as a fourth grader. Talk about concerned! ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/242704/Pros-and-cons-to-high-honors-4th-grade-student-in-a-3rd4th-grade-combined-class?cpage=1#comment_250643 5100.250643 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:12:08 -0700 healthy11 I was going to add to Magnetmom's reply by saying that some people feel having the same teacher two years in a row is good, because they already know where ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/242704/Pros-and-cons-to-high-honors-4th-grade-student-in-a-3rd4th-grade-combined-class?cpage=1#comment_242784 5100.242784 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:52:00 -0700 MagnetMom Hi Anon,Someone asked a similar question this morning and the answers to that might help a bit: http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/242540/Pros-and-cons-to-4th-grade-student-in-a-3rd4th-grade-combined-class?cpage=1#comment_242578If you're in LAUSD, you might want to join the LAUSD Parents group ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/242704/Pros-and-cons-to-high-honors-4th-grade-student-in-a-3rd4th-grade-combined-class?cpage=1#comment_242711 5100.242711 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:44:56 -0700