Read Your Little Heart Out
March 2020 Mrs. Puente
Happy Reading!
Did you know. . .
- Fluency is a significant weakness for readers with dyslexia, whose reading is often very slow, labored, and lacking in expression, which in turn affects reading comprehension.
- Research shows that fluency can be developed through a variety of techniques, particularly through repeated monitored oral reading.
- For older students with reading disabilities, fluency is probably the most difficult area to remediate because of the cumulative effect of years of minimal practice in reading words correctly.
Are letter reversals a sign of dyslexia?
Just because a child struggles with mirror writing doesn’t mean he has dyslexia. Some kids with dyslexia have trouble with it, but many don’t. The majority of kids who reverse letters don’t have any learning or attention issues.
There isn’t one underlying issue that causes reversals. A child might reverse letters because he has a poor memory for how to form letters. Another possible cause is visual processing issues. In this case, a child might have trouble identifying how images are different (visual discrimination) or which direction they face (visual directionality).
The key is to teach the student different ways to help them remember which direction the letters should be formed. By second grade, the student needs to be taught to fix their reversals within their writing.
- Help the child develop a habit. For instance, the word dog begins with a d and they have tails. Therefore the 'stick' is his tail and comes after his body.
- Use some connect-the-dot letters to help the child. There should be pictures to accommodate the dot letters.
- When working on the dot letter for the letter d, make sure the picture of a dog accompanies the dot letters.
- If the child has a freckle or mole on one hand or the other, use that freckle to remind him/her that it always points to the stick/circle part of the letter. The good news is that most of the letter reversals will go away once the child starts using cursive writing.
Crossing the Midline
Why crossing the midline helped this child succeed
Please read the article listed below. This is wonderful information when you are looking for ways to help your students succeed.
Crossing the Midline Videos
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