Too often, parents hear, “We don’t evaluate until 3rd grade.” Here’s another article on the importance of early intervention.
EXCERPT: What often happens to dyslexic students in the 3rd grade is that they’re unable to make the leap between simple reading of single syllable phonics words to new lower frequency multiple syllabic words that that infuse 3rd and 4th grade texts. The problem can be invisible to all but to the children themselves because they make educated guesses and clues from teacher instructions and friends’ help so that it looks as if reading comprehension is fine…but it’s not. At home, children may appear to beautifully read aloud favorite stories, but if you were to point to certain words at random on the page, it becomes clear that they aren’t reading but rather repeating back memorized books that they had heard before.