The following are a partial listing of the characteristics a struggling reader might exhibit in a specific grade. For additional information please contact us at www.info@MD4Reading.com.
| Dyslexia Characteristics By Grade | Grade | Grade | Grade | Grade | Grade | Grade | Grade |
| DIFFICULTY | Pre K | K | 1&2 | 3rd | 4th | 5th / 8th | 9th/Adult |
| Delay in Talking | Yes | ||||||
| Expressing Ideas Correctly | Yes | ||||||
| Recognizing & Producing Rhymes | Yes | ||||||
| Remembering Rote Information | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Remembering and Following Directions | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Remembering Letters Names & Sounds | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Writing the Alphabet | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Sounding Out Words | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Remembering "Sight" Words | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Remembering How to Spell Words Phonetically | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Blending Sounds Together | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Distinguishing Words that Look Similar | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Remembering Phonics Rules | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Confusion of Visually Similar Letters (w&m / b&d / f&t) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Confusion of Auditory Similar Letters (d&t / f&v) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Remembering Basic Sight Vocabulary | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Segmenting Words into Individual Sounds | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Reading & Spelling Errors Involving Sequencing | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Reading & Spelling Errors Involving Monitoring | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Omission of Grammatical Endings in Reading | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Omission of Grammatical Endings in Writing | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Remembering Spelling Words Over Time | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Applying Spelling Rules | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Extremely Slow in Written Work | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Cannot Work Independently | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Messy Papers with Uneven Letters | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Out of Line Numbers | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Multiple Erasures | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Excessive Homework | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Expressing Ideas on Paper | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Lack Basic Writing and Spelling Skills | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Problems With Written Math Problems | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Poor Organizational Skills | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Cramped, Rushed or Sloppy Handwriting | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Ashamed to Admit they Need Help | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Becomes Angry with Themselves | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Continues to Lack an Understanding of Time | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Finding Words they Need Quickly | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Substituting um, um the for Words they Can't Find | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Forgetting Names of People Places, Things & Dates | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| With Timed Math Drills | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| On Timed Tests with Familiar Words | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Discriminating Between Words with Multiple Meanings | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Discriminating Between Words that Sound Alike | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Study Skills, Management, Test Taking | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Note Taking, Outlining Strategies | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Learning a Foreign Language | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Reading & Spelling Multisyllabic Words | Yes | ||||||
| Awareness of Word Structure | Yes | ||||||
| Misreading of Common Sight Words | Yes | ||||||
| Reading Comprehension | Yes | ||||||
| Oral Language Problems | Yes | ||||||
| Writing, Spelling and Organizing Ideas | Yes |