I'm slightly worried as well because when my son's tired he's reading words backwards like tub instead of but. But he reads so if there really is a problem we'll never know at this point. We don't have any problems consistantly, you can just tell when he's still trying to read after he's ran out of steam. He'll start guessing at words, skipping lines, rephrasing entire lines of text, but surprisingly often getting the gist of it right. Also at this point I can tell he's reading ahead of himself because he'll move his eyes and look at the picture while he's still reading a sentence out loud.
The handwriting I still recommend HWT grade 2. It's got just a little bit of copywork on each page and it still gives instructions on how to form each letter correctly. For example, did you know an "o" is supposed to be counter-clockwise and started from the top even though kids want to write them clockwise.
And I have been reading that reversals and tracking issues and such are common until the second grade. I do want to sympathize that it's hard to know if what you're seeing is normal.
