Number two poses the question as to whether Aiyanna should worry about Luke's apparent delay in learning to read as soon as some of the children. In the grand scheme of the situation, my answer is no. I do not think that Anyianna should be concerned about Luke's learning delay in reading because of his situation and because of the fact that he is in the first grade. There are several factors that she could and should take into consideration such as his abilities and if they are improving, and whether her reading lessons are at the right level for Lukes abilities. As a teacher, one of the most difficult parts of teaching is teaching to the abilities of the students in the class, which in first grade this can be extremely difficult as you are going to have learners on all different kinds of levels of reading at this point, and that is very normal and typical for the first grade. So, because of the large gap in literacy abilities for the first grade, I think that Luke's delays in literacy are developmental in nature and will eventually be overcome and therefore are not a concern to the teacher or the parents at this point in Luke's education.
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I completely agree with you Betsy! Actually when I was in the first grade my teacher told my mom I was probably going to have to repeat 1st grade. She told her this at a parent-teacher conference they had in November. I was having a lot of trouble with reading and also my writing. But something happened over Christmas break and when I came back in January I was at the same level as my other classmates. Some people are just a little bit slower at learning things then others.
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