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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem is trying to compare Kindergarteners when it comes to reading.  Some will be reading when at the start of K, others will have progressed into reading by mid K, and for some they won’t get it until mid 1st.  Guess what?  In the long run it doesn’t matter as long as they grasp it by mid 2nd.[/quote]

I’m an earlier post who said for now just focus on reading to / with your child, and I agree with this. Imo it is too early to know if this is a problem, and I’d trust the teacher’s thoughts as I think parents get worked up about reading/writing in these early grades because of the huge range of skills (you see Johnny reading Magic Treehouse and wonder why your kid can’t read a Bob book). Fwiw my kids are older and avid readers, and neither could read or write in K (they had gone to a play based preschool that didn’t directly teach either). [/quote]

This thing is, *teachers do not know the science of reading.* Unless he won the teacher lottery and found one who has done his or her own research, the teacher will not know the signs of a struggling reader or even a dyslexic.

It's not taught to them even in graduate programs. (Slowly changing.) They are taught to teach the strategies of poor readers! Even the phonics lessons he's bringing home (again a small step in the right direction) are likey analytic vs. systematic synthetic.

OP's son may or may not ultimately have an issue but she is 100% on her own to figure it out, so I'm happy to potentially overreact while giving her resources to help her learn.

Also he's in school frustrated right now, and it seems she can't homeschool so being exposed to the better readers might already be hurting his self esteem. (True regardless of what anyone thinks should be being taught at what age)

--Parent who wrongly assumed teachers know this stuff[/quote]

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