Do+they+have+to+make+up+the+work?

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Students are eligible for participation in the Gifted and Talented program through a combination of factors, including their demonstration of mastery of grade level work. In most cases, children who leave the classroom to participate in G&T are **responsible for the content but not necessarily the product**. In simple terms, they are responsible for knowing what was covered but they may not need to "make up" every piece of written work produced during the missed lesson. For example, if the class worked on long division and the child already knows how to do this, he or she is responsible for knowing how to do long division (which in this example was already familiar) but does not have to complete all of the practice work that was done by the rest of the class. This system acknowledges that the G&T program's classes address additional content, which may require G&T homework in addition to the homework assigned by the regular classroom teacher. In our fifth and sixth grade semi-replacement G&T Language Arts classes, the participating students have regular G&T assignments which take the place of some (not all) of their regular classwork. Their classroom teachers take this account when planning their lessons and especially their group assignments.*

When in doubt, check with the classroom teacher!
*Please also see, Does it count?