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[quote=Anonymous]My child with mild dyslexia was only reading at level B/C at the end of K. I did not know at the time they were dyslexic, but I was concerned because when I read with them, there seemed to be very little progress in the second half of the year.

We switched from public to private (not because of the reading) for first grade and the phonics-based instruction made a huge difference, as did more attention from the teacher. DC made huge leaps in reading in first grade, and did not receive dyslexia diagnosis until more writing started in second grade.

If your DC’s school is using a phonics-based approach and your DC is struggling with reading, have them screened (not by the school, by an independent person) for dyslexia. If they don’t pass the screen, then do the full testing.

If your school does not use a phonics-based approach, switch schools (I’m serious).

In retrospect, my gut that something was wrong with DC’s reading was right on the mark, but DC was my first kid, so I didn’t know what to really expect. My other two DC’s learned to read fairly easily in K (neither was reading when they entered K) - both started K at the same private schools as oldest DC.

Fwiw, DC1 doing well with remediation, able to do well academically at their school. [/quote]

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