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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She probably has poor instruction. There is likely nothing wrong with her. [/quote]

This is the first step to research. What curriculum if any was used in k and first grade to teach reading. If they didn’t find LD’s then this might be the most logical answer.

I have three kids and they had three completely different experiences learning to read in k/1. Oldest had old school teachers who taught phonics, had spelling tests, sent home decodable readers (like Sam is a cat. The cat ran fast with the rat.) Oldest is great reader never had any issues.

Second had the memorize sight words and guess. I had to pay a tutor to remediate gaps in thirds grade to be solid in decoding multi-syllabic words. Easily fixed with tutor but concerning because she didn’t learn to read well until second grade then in third I saw there were still gaps.  Definitely due to poor instruction because she was able to easily remédiate gaps with tutor.

Third kid had solid teachers who taught with a variety of things. Didn’t learn to read. Got OG tutor and it was such a slog to learn how to read. Still can’t spell -Has LD’s.

So once you get going with a solid tutor you will have a better idea of what is going on. Invest in a really good tutor now.

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