1. What to look for? Presenting Features for Dyslexia Preschool year(s):
Difficulty in language:
Rhyming
Identifying sounds in words
Following instructions of more than 2 steps
Language confusion (e.g., labels a fork as ‘spoon’)

2. What to look for? Presenting Features for Dyslexia Foundation year:
Continuing Difficulty
Saying harder words
Following instructions in sequence
Recognising letters
Printing or copying letters
Developing a sight vocabulary’

3. What to look for? Presenting Features for Dyslexia
Middle to upper primary years:
Avoiding reading tasks
Slow when reading aloud
p/d/b/q – and possibly g confusion when reading
Reads in reverse: saw/was confusion
Painstaking when sounding out unfamiliar words
Poor retention of sight words
Phonetic spelling
Written skills lag behind oral skills