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<blockquote data-quote="JJJ" data-source="post: 263230" data-attributes="member: 1169"><p>All 4 of my children were below grade level on academics at the end of first grade. </p><p></p><p>For our oldest daughter, she ended first grade knowing all of her letters and about 9-10 sight words. We did not retain her because her academic issues were so severe that one year wasn't going to help her catch up. She remains in full time Special Education.</p><p></p><p>For our oldest son, he had an awful first grade teacher. We had him repeat first grade because he didn't learn what he should have due to the very poor instruction he had gotten. He is now mainstreamed with resource support.</p><p></p><p>For our younger daughter, she was very immature for her age. She needed an extra year to mature. We had her repeat first grade to buy her the extra time she needed to mature. She is now in regular ed and only gets special services during the standardized testing.</p><p></p><p>For our younger son, he is very bright and his issues would not have been solved with an extra year. He is in full time Special Education.</p><p></p><p>Our daughter could care less that she was retained (close to 1/3 of her at-risk preschool class repeated either Kindergarten or 1st grade so it doesn't seem odd to her.) Our son does occasionally bring it up as it made him the oldest in his class - he is 13 and many of his classmates are still 11. But he remains immature for his age and fits in fine.</p><p></p><p>It is a very personal decision.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JJJ, post: 263230, member: 1169"] All 4 of my children were below grade level on academics at the end of first grade. For our oldest daughter, she ended first grade knowing all of her letters and about 9-10 sight words. We did not retain her because her academic issues were so severe that one year wasn't going to help her catch up. She remains in full time Special Education. For our oldest son, he had an awful first grade teacher. We had him repeat first grade because he didn't learn what he should have due to the very poor instruction he had gotten. He is now mainstreamed with resource support. For our younger daughter, she was very immature for her age. She needed an extra year to mature. We had her repeat first grade to buy her the extra time she needed to mature. She is now in regular ed and only gets special services during the standardized testing. For our younger son, he is very bright and his issues would not have been solved with an extra year. He is in full time Special Education. Our daughter could care less that she was retained (close to 1/3 of her at-risk preschool class repeated either Kindergarten or 1st grade so it doesn't seem odd to her.) Our son does occasionally bring it up as it made him the oldest in his class - he is 13 and many of his classmates are still 11. But he remains immature for his age and fits in fine. It is a very personal decision. [/QUOTE]
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