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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I used to volunteer in the classroom weekly (pre-pandemic), and the first grade teacher had me spend extra time reading one on one with the 3 or 4 students who could benefit the most from this practice. All were reading at a slightly more advanced level than you are describing, and at least 2 later had dyslexia diagnoses. I am not saying this to freak you out, and the pandemic may have truly thrown a wrench into your child’s progress. But teachers often take a wait and see approach. My own child had a different, unrelated diagnosis around that age that I asked teachers about and they were unconcerned. They don’t always have training in differentiating between late bloomers and learning differences. But an evaluation might help using actual diagnostic data. I don’t know that you need to take action yet, but if you are waiting for the teacher to flag it, that may not happen. [/quote]

Not all teachers take a wait and see approach but there is often pushback from admins if they bring it up too early. [/quote]

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