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<blockquote data-quote="aeroeng" data-source="post: 376782" data-attributes="member: 6557"><p>The good news is the first grade teacher is now history. Look to the future.</p><p> </p><p> I'm a dyslexic parent of dyslexic kids. In my experience public schools do not do a good job teaching dyslexic students. For my oldest son, they identified that he had a learning disability (would not use the word "dyslexia") but failed to identify effective training for it. When I pushed for what program they were going to use they stalled and finally provided me with a book list. A book list is not a training program. I then realized that they had no clue on how to teach reading to dyslexic kids. Thus you have to take control yourself.</p><p> </p><p> My experience is also that truly dyslexic kids are not reading first grade material in second grade. We are struggling with how to identify letters and sounds in second grade. In third grade I could not read or write anything. Not even words like "is", "at" or "the". (I read and compose at a graduate level now, still struggle with spelling (but it is improving)). Many school systems state that the child must be behind at least 3 grade levels before they are identified as Learning Disability (LD). Which can be a terrible thing as the training is most effective at very young ages. Although my child's school identified him as Learning Disability (LD) in kindergarten because he colored like a pre-schooler and was thus 3 years behind.</p><p> </p><p> But even if your child does not meet the criteria for Learning Disability (LD), he still is behind in reading. What to do?</p><p> </p><p> The National Reading Panel studied 30 years of research on reading. You can down load their report. They identified that phonemic awareness is key to reading success. This report tells you what is important and why but does not instruct you on how. For how (at grade 2) one very useful resource is the book, "Phonemic Awareness: Playing with Sounds to Strengthen Beginning Reading Skills" by Jo Fitzpatrick. It is designed for a teacher in a class room situation. But, parents can find many phonemic awareness skill building activities to try at home. </p><p> </p><p> Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aeroeng, post: 376782, member: 6557"] The good news is the first grade teacher is now history. Look to the future. I'm a dyslexic parent of dyslexic kids. In my experience public schools do not do a good job teaching dyslexic students. For my oldest son, they identified that he had a learning disability (would not use the word "dyslexia") but failed to identify effective training for it. When I pushed for what program they were going to use they stalled and finally provided me with a book list. A book list is not a training program. I then realized that they had no clue on how to teach reading to dyslexic kids. Thus you have to take control yourself. My experience is also that truly dyslexic kids are not reading first grade material in second grade. We are struggling with how to identify letters and sounds in second grade. In third grade I could not read or write anything. Not even words like "is", "at" or "the". (I read and compose at a graduate level now, still struggle with spelling (but it is improving)). Many school systems state that the child must be behind at least 3 grade levels before they are identified as Learning Disability (LD). Which can be a terrible thing as the training is most effective at very young ages. Although my child's school identified him as Learning Disability (LD) in kindergarten because he colored like a pre-schooler and was thus 3 years behind. But even if your child does not meet the criteria for Learning Disability (LD), he still is behind in reading. What to do? The National Reading Panel studied 30 years of research on reading. You can down load their report. They identified that phonemic awareness is key to reading success. This report tells you what is important and why but does not instruct you on how. For how (at grade 2) one very useful resource is the book, "Phonemic Awareness: Playing with Sounds to Strengthen Beginning Reading Skills" by Jo Fitzpatrick. It is designed for a teacher in a class room situation. But, parents can find many phonemic awareness skill building activities to try at home. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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