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DsYLxEai. What is dyslexia?. “Dyslexia” means a disorder of constitutional origin manifested by a difficulty in learning to read, write, or spell, despite conventional instruction, adequate intelligence, and sociocultural opportunity. Common Myths In Dyslexia. Stupid. Low IQ. Very Rare!!!.

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DsYLxEai

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  1. DsYLxEai

  2. What is dyslexia?... “Dyslexia” means a disorder of constitutional origin manifested by a difficulty in learning to read, write, or spell, despite conventional instruction, adequate intelligence, and sociocultural opportunity.

  3. Common Myths In Dyslexia Stupid • Low IQ Very Rare!!! Backwards Letters Can be cured! More boys have it!

  4. Some Characteristics of Dyslexia: • Difficulty reading real words in isolation • Difficulty accurately decoding nonsense words • Slow, inaccurate, or labored oral reading (low fluency) • Difficulty with learning to spell • Poor rhyming • Poor grasp of abstract ideas (idioms, hyperboles) • Confuses small words with other words such as at for to, said for and, or goes for does • Difficulty with sound and letter relationships

  5. Characteristics Usually Caused BY: • Difficulty with the development of phonological awareness, including segmenting, blending, and manipulating sounds in words (student may sound hesitant) • Learning the names and letters and their associated sounds • Phonological memory (holding sounds, information about words, sight words in memory) • Rapid naming of familiar things, letters, colors, and sometimes numbers

  6. So…these Children commonly experience: • Difficulties with reading comprehension • Difficulties with aspects of written composition • A limited amount of time spent on reading activities • A LOW SELF-ESTEEM!

  7. Interestingly enough…. • These children usually do well orally when it comes to other subject areas like social studies, science, etc. • They sometimes have a larger oral expressive vocabulary • Dyslexic children will do well with listening comprehension • They usually understand math word problems if read aloud • Dyslexia students usually have average to high average scores in ability assessments like CogAT or Naglierre.

  8. Apps for ipads and iphones • snapWordsA-$9.99 • ABC Order-$1.99 (alphabetizing words K-6) • Dyslite-$12.99 (changes font and backgrounds; colored overlays; optimized for dyslexics) • Penultimate Notetaker- (4-12) • Dragon Dictation Lite- Free (dictate and will text back what was stated) • Boggle and Whirly Word (fun word building games for older children) • Phonics games for every rule and pattern (K-6) • vBookz- $4.99 (classics read aloud; 4-12) • Letter Reflex (practice common reversals; K-6) • Cursive Writing- Free • Readingrockets.org (other helpful sites, books, blogs, and apps)

  9. National Dyslexic Month is in October!!! Ideas for your campus: • Do an in-service on dyslexia to heighten awareness • Celebration in dyslexia classroom • Do a reading night at your school with multisensory centers • Hang posters around the school of famous people who have dyslexia www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_qGJ9svUbM

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