Also,
I wanted to add that at age 9, she has a lot of growing to do, and I'm sure she has already shown that she can 'leap ahead' in her areas of strength. My hunch is that if you work with her a bit, she MAY be able to leap ahead here.
If she is copying from a notecard with one huge short word, like DOG to notebook paper, can she do that? What stratagy would she use? I would have to verbally repeat D-O-G to myself. Other people would count the letters, measure how many go above the midline and how many don't and what is the pattern. Some use that mental blackboard. Some do the rooms of the house thing.
Sleep well,
Grinity
