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as a special educator...here is my two cents...
1. do the testing...and rule out a reading disability now. don't wait until your son is in 5th grade to find out that he had a reading disability.
2. speak with the reading recovery teacher as well as his classroom teacher. perhaps he needs a different type of reading instruction (there are several methods for teaching reading) and he might do better with a different method.
3. DO NOT HIRE high schoolers to teach your kid to read. most people don't realize how difficult it is to teach reading and you don't want an untrained person doing it.
4. definately get a hold of the teacher and discuss the problem, but make an appointment shortly thereafter to meet with the principal. bring the note along. unfortunately, the principal needs to know that a teacher did this. in my school system, we can not even discuss with a parent that we might like to retain a child unless we have had a zillion meetings with the principal, guidance councilor, sped teacher, etc. etc. etc. and then there is a specific procedure. no where in that procedure does it say to send a note home in a backpack....
5. good luck!
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