sound alike (e.g., “tornado” for “volcano”) . They may have trouble remembering dates,
names, and telephone numbers and may have trouble completing homework or tests on
time. Children in the middle grades also may have poor comprehension with or without
slow, effortful, and inaccurate reading, and they may have trouble reading small function
words (e.g., that, the, an, in). They may ha ve very poor spelling and poor written work.
They may get the first part of a word correctly , then guess wildly (e.g., read “clover” as
“clock”), and may express fear of read ing aloud or refuse to read aloud.