can read a word, but won’t recognize it on the next page or paragraph.
knows how letters sounds but is not able to sound out words to help them read.
Struggles to read words that you know the child has successfully read before.
The child mispronounces words by leaving out letters of the word. or add letters to the word. Such as could-cold or star-stair.
The child substitutes words with similar meaning but that are very different. Such as fast instead of rapidly or pop instead of popular. It may change the meaning of the story but the child does not seem to notice.
may say a word that has the same letters, but in a different sequence, such as who-how, lots-lost, saw-was.
Does not enjoy reading. Their reading is slow and is labored.
Becomes visibly tired after reading for only a short time
When your child reads he does not comprehend what he is reading. When he listens to the same story he is able to understand the story and is able to answer basic questions about the story.
Problems with reading and writing letters with direction such as b and d (one points to the left the other to the right) Also b-p, n-u, m-w.
Substitutes similar-looking words, even if it changes the meaning of the sentence, such as house for horse, blue for brother.
Misreads, omits, or even adds small words, such as an, a, from, the, to, were, are, of
Omits or changes suffixes, saying win for winner and runs for running
Jennifer,
Your website is fantastic! I was just reading the Summer 2008 edition of Perspectives on Language and Literacy from IDA and I was very excited to see the website at the end of your article.
I am a mother of two dyslexic boys (and one who is not) and reading everything you had to say made me think of them. I can’t wait to show them what you have done.
What kind of feedback have you gotten so far from other people your age?
are goal is to have my book in stores by the fall.
I hope the your boys will get inspired the way I
was when they see the site. I am happy to hear that what I am doing is making a difference. and I am excited to hear what they think about it.
I have not gotten alot of feed back yet because
the site was just put up, and the article just came out.
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Jennifer,
Your website is fantastic! I was just reading the Summer 2008 edition of Perspectives on Language and Literacy from IDA and I was very excited to see the website at the end of your article.
I am a mother of two dyslexic boys (and one who is not) and reading everything you had to say made me think of them. I can’t wait to show them what you have done.
What kind of feedback have you gotten so far from other people your age?
When will your book be available?
Keep up the wonderful work!
Suzanne
are goal is to have my book in stores by the fall.
I hope the your boys will get inspired the way I
was when they see the site. I am happy to hear that what I am doing is making a difference. and I am excited to hear what they think about it.
I have not gotten alot of feed back yet because
the site was just put up, and the article just came out.
thank you for your wonderful feedback.
Jennifer