DD is in year 7 and her teacher thinks that she may have dyslexia based on her spelling and writing abilities. She can usually spell high-frequency words but has a hard time learning to spell new words and even though she can learn a few words (would usually get 4 out of 6 correct) for a spelling test she will forget them the next week when she gets more to learn and she never puts them into practice when doing other written work. She does still put a couple of letters and numbers the wrong way round, and her writing is big unless she really concentrates.
The thing that I am confused about is that she can read really well. She exceeded her reading targets at the end of year 2 (but she does miss out small words such as the, and, it etc). Could she be dyslexic but be able to read well? Everything I have read regarding dyslexia since discussing with her teacher a few weeks ago seems to say that reading is a big issue and is hard for children with dyslexia. I am confused!
For example, if I showed her the word 'because' she could read it no problem, but if I asked her to spell it she would put something like 'bocse', and then read it back as 'because' and not notice it was wrong in her own writing. But then if I showed her 'bocse' in some other way such as on a screen or printed out she would read it as a nonsense word and know it wasn't 'because'. Does that make any sense?
The Senco is going to work with her and they have already tried the coloured overlays with varying success.
I must say that school are great and DD is the happiest she has been since reception. Academic work doesn't come easily to her and she is much more of a creative child, loves making, designing and drawing and wants to be an architect when she grows up (as well as being a popstar on the weekends!! 
) Any advice would be great.