Poor handwriting/writing illegibly:

• does not follow lines on paper;
  
• writes too small or too large;
  
• writes too light or too hard;
  
• pencil grip incorrect;
  
• does not visually track writing;

• Writes letters or numbers backwards or upside down;
  
• Mixes capital and lower case letters inappropriately

Poor spelling skills:

• spells phonetically and cannot remember patterns;
  
• spells words differently in the same document;
  
• reverses letters in spelling;

• difficulty copying from a board;
  
• difficulty copying from a book or other printed material;
  
• difficulty filling out forms;
  
• difficulty completing bubble answer sheets;
  
• difficulty completing fill-in-blank worksheets;

• unable to write homework assignments correctly;
  
• writing is too slow to get lecture points on paper;
  
• takes notes but unable to distinguish important information from extraneous information;
• reverses or ignores numbers,parts of sentences, and/or whole words when taking notes;

• demonstrates inconsistent memory for sentence mechanics (e.g., lack of punctuation and capitalization);
  
• persistent problems with sentence structure (sentences may be incomplete or syntax may be incorrect or disassociated);
  
• does not have all parts of a well organized paragraph (topic and supporting sentences, transitional sentence)

• writes short and/or simple essays even though he can verbalize more complex thought;
• can verbalize answers to tests but written answers are wrong, left blank, or incomplete;
• oral vocabulary more complex than written vocabulary