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[quote=Anonymous][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 is a red flag for me.  I have a DS with severe dyslexia and he was similar.  Funnily enough, he ‘progressed’ in first grade and received a DRA of 16 at the end.  The problem was that he was really at  a DRA of 4 (which is where he tested at the beginning of 2nd grade) They never revealed what happened with the high score at the end of 1st- my guess is that they gave him a test he had already seen- he has a great memory (except for acquiring sight words) and is/was a superlative guesser or they were extremely lenient or just put and out fudged the data.  He finally got evaluated fall of 2nd grade, got an IEP in Feb and started with an experienced and trained reading tutor at the same time.

The ‘gift of time’ was detrimental for him.  I would suggest getting your DC evaluated privately if you can afford it.  The FCPS evaluation went as far as qualifying my DC for an IEP but stopped at finding the actual issues to be ameliorated.  Early detection is important.

Finding a tutor who is experienced and trained in Orton-Gillingham methods like Wilson (not Fundations or Just Words which are for the general population), Barton or through ASDEC is important.  Barton is packaged in a way that makes it easier for parents to do it at home if a tutor is not in the picture. [/quote]

I suspect part of what happened is DRA doesn't measure what you think it measures, which I could go on a rant about, but it's not going to catch all dyslexics at those early levels. Plus a reading teacher told me the number of mistakes you can make and still pass is quite high (and it's pass/fail so almost failing is passing). I thought my child must be fine for way too long because DRA was on grade level also.

https://www.spelfabet.com.au/2019/02/running-records-are-an-uninformative-waste-of-teacher-time/

Agree with you that what you bolded is a huge flag.[/quote]

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