You may find your child has trouble in first grade if they are unable to pay attention long enough to finish tasks, show self-control when frustrated, follow directions, name letters and associate sounds with letters, maintain friendships, get along with peers without hitting or yelling, be respectful to teachers, communicate understandably with classmates and teachers, or manage personal hygiene. In second grade, trouble may occur if a child can't listen to and follow multi-step directions, concentrate to complete tasks, work independently, read at grade level, or communicate needs and feelings verbally and respectfully.

21. To be able to read words and
Sentences with COMPREHENSION

22. To be able to write in
complete sentences

24. You may find your child has trouble in First Grade if
he can’t:
• Pay attention long enough to finish a task or an activity.
• Show a consistent lack of self – control when challenged
or frustrated
• Follow simple directions and/ or cannot repeat what has
just been said to him/her.
• Can’t name the letters and /or is unable to associate
letters with its sounds
• Has trouble maintaining friendships or joining in with other
children

25. You may find your child has trouble in First
Grade if he can’t:
• Get along with peers without hitting or yelling
• Be respectful to his teachers
• Talk to his classmates and teachers in a way that they cannot
understand
• To Manage personal hygiene.

26. You may find your child having trouble in Second
Grade if he can’t:
•Listen and follow two to three step directions
•Concentrate long enough to finish/ complete a task
•Work independently
•Read on grade level : lack of mastery in syllabication of words to
complete the reading of words in a sentence
•Communicate one’s needs and feelings verbally in a respectful
manner.