So while we wait, what do we do?
I talked to DS's teacher yesterday about our concerns. She had noticed some of the same things and wants to help him. She had a copy of the Gift of Dyslexia at her desk and said she would review it to see if any of the remedial measures mentioned would address some of the struggles she sees. She is open to suggestions for activities.
As I mentioned before, he attends a small private Montessori. There is no special education department.
Each kid has an individual plan each week. His teacher prepares them over the weekend and they are different for each kid. So every Monday he comes in he has a sheet that tells him what is expected for that week. Here is an example:
Read two BOB books with teacher
Do two phonics workbook pages
Do two handwriting worksheets
Do two math activities
Learn song relating to nearest holiday
Paint picture relating to nearest holiday
Do puzzle relating to science study of the month (skeleton, tree, spider, etc.)
Make science theme book relating to study of the month (page one shows spider and kid colors whole thing, page two shows same spider but they only color the pedipalps and write pedipalps under it, etc.)
I don't think she is planning on changing the whole curriculum for him but if there is an activity that is dyslexia friendly, she would do a substitution. She mentioned The Gift of Dyslexia says to have the kids make letters and words out of clay. So she might do that instead of the worksheets or something.
Every plan meets the kid at their level so there are a variety of workbooks and reading levels being used in the class. DS loves science so in an effort to support his strengths she does experiments with him.
Any suggestions for activities that could fit into this framework?
I know everything I read says multi sensory instruction but what does that look like and could some of it be done in his classroom?
