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Leolis Struggle In Reading And Writing

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Leolisa is Alejandro’s mother she says that he doesn’t struggle comprehending text when is being read to him. If you tell him to write a letter or number he is able to do so.

In terns of reading and writing Leolisa understands that Alejandro struggles in reading. She says that is has been hard for him to learn how to read. Talking to other parents in the school she noticed that more than half of the class knows how to read simple books. In his writing she has noticed that sometimes he looses the concept of space in a paper and writes outside the margins or starts writing in the middle of the paper. She also states how Alejandro tends to write certain letters and numbers backwards.

To deal with his struggles Leolisa stated that Alejandro

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