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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.We read to him daily and a few times a week we read a Bob book or similar level together (trying to avoid reading at home becoming a chore).

He can work through some of the easier Bob books but many are too hard. [b]Every word is a challenge even if he just decoded that word on the last page[/b] so he gets tired quickly and sight words still aren't clicking consistently.

To clarify, not blaming school or teacher-l (this year's or last year's) just trying to figure out how long to ride this out under be patient, everyone is catching up at different speeds vs panic- time to pull out all the stops.[/quote]

This sounds exactly like my now 6th grader when she was in first grade.  We had a private neuropsych evaluation done at Mindwell. She was diagnosed with dyslexia (difficulty retaining sight words can be a symptom).  Early intervention is key.  If you can afford the private evaluation, I would schedule one now and not wait for the school to flag it as a problem.  It was expensive but we decided it was well worth the money to find out if there were any learning disorders.  If there weren't, we would've stopped worrying so much.  After the diagnosis we got a private tutor who was trained in the Orton Gillingham method.  She has stayed on grade level in reading.  [/quote]

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