LD Diagnosis

This week in my placement I had the opportunity to work with one student individually on her reading assignment. The students have been reading mystery books for several weeks now. My CT asked me to read aloud with this particular student in a seperate classroom. We took turns reading aloud to each other. I noticed that she consistantly struggled with with reading many of the words. She also "read" words that were not on the page, but had a similar meaning or spelling. After we were finished reading together I spoke with the class intern about what I had noticed. We both agreed that our student may be dislexic, but has yet to be diagnosed as such. At the 6th grade level, I would hope that most students are diagnosed early on, however the more time I spend in the classroom, the more I have come to learn that this is not true.