Read Your Little Heart Out
November 2019 Mrs. Puente
Happy Reading!
AMAZING Dyslexia video
Please watch this 5 minute dyslexia video. It describes dyslexia in a way that helps you better understand your students who have dyslexia. It is extremely helpful!
Did you know. . .
1. Did you know that there are six syllables in the English language? The syllables are open syllables, closed syllables, vowel consonant-e syllables, vowel-r syllables, vowel pair syllables and final stable syllables.
2. Dyslexia is found in both boys and girls in similar numbers, although it is more commonly diagnosed in boys.
3. 70% of students who are diagnosed with dyslexia also have ADHD. Interventions are more productive for students when any attentions concerns have been addressed.
4. Research shows that with appropriate early interventions, 75-90 percent of children who are at-risk readers can over-come many of their difficulties and increase their reading skills to an average level.
Are you having difficulty getting your child to do work?
Here is a great link for parents and teachers. If you have a child who is struggling to complete work, please click on the link below for some great tips!
Through the eyes of an ADHD/ADD child
https://www.understood.org/en/tools/through-your-childs-eyes
Word Work Stations/Small Group Activities
Enjoy!
Grapheme Wall
Here is a wonderful video that explains graphemes, phonemes and morphemes. Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25r1fyoorko&t=60s
What is a grapheme? A grapheme is a letter or a number of letters that represent a sound (phoneme) in a word. Some examples include- tt, kn, ough, aw, au, tt.
What is a phoneme? A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound in a specified language that distinguishes one word from another. For example- the words "hat" has 3 phonemes- /h/ /a/ /t/.
What is a morpheme? A morpheme is the smallest units of meaning in a language. Some examples include: un-believe-able, dog-s.
Instead of having a letter or word wall, how about having a living grapheme wall? If you are running out of wall space, try having your students use a notebook with grapheme to phoneme pages.
Working Memory
Here are 8 great ideas when helping your students improve their working memory. These are great tips to share with your parents too!
1. Work on visualization skills.
Encourage your child to create a picture in his mind of what he’s just read or heard. For example, if you’ve told him to set the table for five people, ask him to come up with a mental picture of what the table should look like. Then have him draw that picture. As he gets better at visualizing, he can describe the image to you instead of needing to draw it.
2. Have your student teach you.
Being able to explain how to do something involves making sense of information and mentally filing it. If your child is learning a skill, like how to dribble a basketball, ask him to teach it to you. Teachers do something similar by pairing up students in class. This lets them start working with the information right away rather than waiting to be called on.
3. Suggest games that use visual memory.
There are lots of matching games that can help your child work on visual memory. You can also do things like give your child a magazine page and ask him to circle all instances of the word the or the letter a in one minute. You can also turn license plates into a game. Take turns reciting the letters and numbers on a license plate and then saying them backwards, too.
4. Play cards.
Simple card games like Crazy Eights, Uno, Go Fish and War can improve working memory in two ways. Your child has to keep the rules of the game in mind. But he also has to remember what cards he has and which ones other people have played.
5. Encourage active reading.
There’s a reason highlighters and sticky notes are so popular! Jotting down notes and underlining or highlighting text can help kids keep the information in mind long enough to answer questions about it. Talking out loud and asking questions about the reading material can also help with this. Active reading strategies can help with forming long-term memories too.
6. Chunk information into smaller bites.
Ever wonder why phone numbers and social security numbers have hyphens in them? Because it’s easier to remember a few small groups of numbers than it is to remember one long string of numbers. Keep this in mind when you need to give your child multi-step directions. Write them down or give them one at a time. You can also use graphic organizers to help break writing assignments into smaller pieces.
7. Make it multisensory.
Processing information in as many ways as possible can help with working memory and long-term memory. Write tasks down so your child can look at them. Say them out loud so your child can hear them. Toss a ball back and forth while you discuss the tasks your child needs to complete. Using multisensory strategies can help your child keep information in mind long enough to use it.
8. Help make connections.
Help your child form associations that connect the different details he’s trying to remember. Grab your child’s interest with fun mnemonics like Roy G. Biv. (Thinking about this name can help kids remember the order of the colors in the rainbow.) Finding ways to connect information helps with forming and retrieving long-term memory. It also helps with working memory, which is what we use to hold and compare new and old memories.
Handwriting Without Tears
Amazing Websites for Grades K-5
Phonogram Practice at Home
This is a great website to help you guide your student on the correct sound pronunciation when practicing phonograms at home.
Lego Spelling Fun
Silent E
Great activities for teaching silent e.
Family Reading Tic-Tac-toe
Kids love to play a good game of Tic Tac Toe. So how about incorporating a word family or two into the game to reinforce what their developing reading skills?
7 Fun Ways to Learn Spelling
Here is a great list of ideas for your students to learn and practice their spelling. Parents would love these suggestions.
Educational APPS for Literacy
Here is a great resource for your parents to use at home with their child. This is a list of great reading applications.
How to Write Your Best Story Ever
Here is a great website for story writing at home.
Sight Words
Emily Puente
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Phone: 281-370-0990
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