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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD, age 7, has dyslexia. At the end of the school year, she was officially assessed to be about 1 year behind in reading. She reads to me for 5-10 minutes each evening. Some evenings she reads wonderfully -- fluently reading most of the words in the easy reader, even words I didn't expect her to know, and sounding out and blending the words she does not. Other evenings she stumbles over easy words she's known for ages and can't sound out even CVC words. There's no correlation to her tiredness or anything else I can think of.

On the days when she's struggling, do we just cut our losses and stop reading early? Keep pushing through? Is there something I can do to remind her that she really does know the words she's struggling with?

And, for those of you who know more about dyslexia, why does this happen?[/quote]

My DC was the same.  For him, it meant it was really a sight word yet and he was a very good guesser on some days.  If you can, increase her reading with you to at least 30 minutes a day, 5-10 is not going to be enough.  How often each week will your daughter be seeing the SLP?  I would ask the SLP for things to work on at home.  Another thing that worked well was at least an additional 30 minutes a day of being read to or listening to audio books.  This way your DD can listen to book she is cognitively ready for but cannot yet read.  It helps increase vocabulary and understanding of language and complex stories.  It also helps makes "reading" more fun when they can listen to stories they like.  Public libraries have audio books on CD or are downloadable.  We found that Arlington Central Library had the best collection, but any library has plenty when you start.  Sign her up for Learning Ally (it used to be called Reading for the Blind and Dyslexic) and she will be able to download the audio version of any book.

Good luck!  [/quote]

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