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[quote=Anonymous]OP: this was our fourth grader. We did test for dyslexia—negative—and got an OG tutor. The tutor moved, and it was only once a week and some progress was made but he was still struggling with spelling. His reading is above grade level, including comprehension, fluency, etc. for him specifically I honestly think it has to deal with just how his memory works. He reads words, but they just don’t stick in the way that they do for some people. He has a terrible short-term memory in general.

It could be dyslexia I truly. But I also think that this is a weird situation caused by Covid that has affected this cohort of kids. And specific kids more than others.

We could not find another OG tutor and just went with a regular tutor, but upped it to twice a week and have had really great results. The tutor focuses just on writing and focusing  on words that are continually misspelled (writing them in sentences etc). No reading, For our child, it was just repetition and practice.

He has improved leaps and bounds and we’re keeping the tutoring up because it’s just good practice since they don’t do a ton of writing during the day. I don’t think rote memorization is the answer if you can get an OG tutor go for it, but if not, I think a regular tutor a couple times/week focused on writing practice could help. [/quote]

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