Thanks for the link, MichelleC. A lot of this conversation sounds like DS.
The psych who tested him originally didn't see any sign of dyslexia. I asked her about it after we had some LMB assessments done. She's a great psych...Hoagie's recommended. Interesting that dyslexia keeps popping up, however.
Aeh, I asked him the few questions you listed above and he did fine at this basic level. I know the decoding is a problem and had been planning to have my MIL evaluate him over the summer. She's a reading specialist. She's not accustomed to working with gifted kids, so I'm not sure how it will go.
We're homeschooling and I have plans to begin HWOT and All About Spelling next year. Do I also throw in phonics? Do I teach DS5 and DS8 phonics/reading at the same time??? That's somewhat rhetorical but I thought I was done with curve balls. Lol.
Ditto AAS and AAR. Though AAS does have phonics in it, but not in quite the depth of AAR.
At his age and ability, the most likely PP skill to "show" would be phoneme reversal. His age peers should be able to reverse and blend three to four phonemes, presented purely auditorally. His ability peers should be able to reverse and blend about six. Keep in mind that one of the indicators is if his phonological processing or phonetic decoding skills are not at the level of his word calling or his reading comprehension, even if they are age-appropriate.
