Raising third grader can’t identify vowels and consonants

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Anonymous wrote:OP, I have yet to hear that your son actually has any problems reading?

Agree. Do not see an issue if he is reading well.

-- Teacher

How do we know he's reading well?

Grades at school mean little. Lots of kids with very concerning skills get good report cards.

-Another teacher

DP here. We are required to put the reading level for each child in their report card and state if its at, below, or above the benchmark for that quarter/year. Also, OP's kid should be reading aloud to her - it's shocking that she says he doesn't read aloud. I hope he CAN, but she needs to encourage it.

Op you’re so dramatic. He reads by himself quietly. He will read out loud if I ask him and I am sitting next to him. I know my kid well enough to know he’s reading well. We have a ton of books and receive 5 new books in the mail at his reading level and he does well with those books every month. I also have trust in his school teachers who tell me he’s reading well.

Then I’m unclear the purpose of your post. It sounds like your child is reading well, and just nobody bothered to teach him that a, e, i, o, and u are called “vowels” and the rest are called “consonants.” Has nothing to do with reading.