5th Grade: Getting things in Place
I hate that I only write this blog in October for Dyslexia Awareness Month. Dyslexia is a challenge all year round. Sometimes life gets in the way, and you lose track of projects. The challenges of 5th grade began before school. Like many kids, Wilson started playing soccer in Kindergarten, and it was the sport that stuck after trying many others. And for the first few years, he played on one of the better teams with his classmates. When they started trying out, Wilson was one of two kids who did not make the team as his classmates. So, once again he was the different one. It was really hard to watch his heartbreak once regular practices started and he wasn’t with his friends. I did ask questions of the people involved, but didn’t demand they move Wilson. I didn’t want to be that parent . School started better than most years. The support was finally in a good place; Wilson was still getting tutored by his first grade teacher, and we got into a good rhythm with the medicatio...