Dyslexia Checklist

4th Grade and Above

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VERBAL SKILLS

☐ Lingering speech errors (R, L, SH, TH, etc.)

☐ Has stronger verbal skills than reading and writing skills

☐ Has stronger listening skills than reading and writing skills

☐ Mispronounces words despite instruction (Winsconsin/Wisconsin, conditution/constitution)

READING

☐ Does not rhyme without effort

☐ Guesses at words particularly based upon context, pictures, or the first letter or syllable of the word.

☐ Skips the word if unknown, not even attempting to decode the word

☐ Still has difficulty reading, spelling, and memorizing sight words

☐ When reading out loud, may replace real words with similar sounding nonsense words without noticing

☐ Rarely comprehends what he or she has just read, orally or silently

☐ Is past third grade and still confuses letters and numbers with similar appearances such as: /6/ and /9/, /b/ and /d/, /p/ and /q/, /u/ and /n/

☐ Often depends on memorization to read

☐ Has tendency to guess at words based on shape rather than decoding, such as reading 'skate' for 'shade', even if it does not make sense

☐ Adds sounds to words, deletes sounds in words, skips whole syllables, moves sounds around within words

☐ Often misreads or skips small words, such as: 'the', 'from', 'to' and 'of'

☐ Lacks fluency in oral reading, or is scoring low on fluency tests at school

☐ Often skips whole lines and loses his/her place while reading

WRITING DEVELOPMENT & WRITTEN EXPRESSION

☐ When spelling includes correct letters, but not in the correct order (mlik instead of milk)

☐ Uses an odd pencil grip, and frequently breaks pencil lead

☐ Hand fatigues quickly when writing, or fingers/knuckles are red/white from applying extreme pressure when writing

☐ Writing is so messy that student cannot read their own writing

☐ Does not orient writing to the baseline, the letters "float"

☐ Spells words with inconsistent patterns, spelling the word in different ways throughout the paper

☐ Has decreased mechanics of writing in her/her language skills such as spelling, capitalization, punctuation, sentence structure, use of tense, etc.

☐ Struggles to be accurate or fast enough with far point copying (from the board)

☐ Performs poorly on spelling tests, or may sueceed on weekly test but does not recall correct spelling when writing

BEHAVIOR

☐ Is often viewed as the class clown, trouble maker, too quite, lazy, or a liar

☐ Sensitive, emotional, strives for perfection

☐ Teachers see signs of ADHD, but parents may not until it's time to do homework

MEMORY AND COGNITION

☐ Cannot do math facts quickly or automatically

☐ Still cannot recite the alphabet without singing it

☐ Struggles with word recall, using vague words like "thing" or "stuff" frequently

☐ Often misspeaks words such as: 'fork for spoon' or 'boat house for house boat'

☐ Confuses similar looking words or words with similar meanings: constitution/constellation, trumpet/trombone

☐ Confuses similar sounding words: olive cart/ a la cart, hot guys/Hawkeyes

☐ Struggles to hear the sounds in a word, even when it is enunciated: 'amilance for ambulance' or reconize for recognize

☐ Homework takes an exceptionally long time to complete

☐ School based standardized test scores are slowly beginning to decline

☐ Greatly dislikes reading out loud

☐ Struggles to put thoughts into words, especially when under pressure or distressed

☐ Difficulty remembering phone numbers and addresses

☐ Difficulty following multi-step directions

☐ Has a low frustration tolerance when it come to reading, writing, and/or spelling

☐ Has had his/her self esteem impacted because of difficulty in reading, writing, and/or spelling

☐ Cannot tie shoes, or cannot tie a tight knot once they learn how to tie them

☐ Has not concept of elapsed time or cannot tell time on a traditional clock with hands

☐ Cannot spell middle name correctly

☐ Is still unable to recite and spell the days of the week, and the months of the year in the proper order

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