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Dyslexia: Classroom Strategies

Dyslexia is a learning disorder involving difficulty with reading due to problems identifying speech sounds and learning how they relate to letters and words. It affects areas of the brain that process language but does not impact general intelligence. Dyslexia is typically genetic but may be exacerbated by environmental factors. In the classroom, dyslexia can cause issues with following directions, staying focused, reading aloud, and expressing ideas. Accommodations like audiobooks and setting goals can help dyslexic students.

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Dyslexia: Classroom Strategies

Dyslexia is a learning disorder involving difficulty with reading due to problems identifying speech sounds and learning how they relate to letters and words. It affects areas of the brain that process language but does not impact general intelligence. Dyslexia is typically genetic but may be exacerbated by environmental factors. In the classroom, dyslexia can cause issues with following directions, staying focused, reading aloud, and expressing ideas. Accommodations like audiobooks and setting goals can help dyslexic students.

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DYSLEXIA

in the Classroom

Dyslexia is a learning disorder that involves difficulty reading due


to problems identifying speech sounds and learning how they
relate to letters and words (decoding). Also called reading
disability, dyslexia affects areas of the brain that process
language. Dyslexia does not affect general intelligence.

WHAT 1 IN 10
CAUSES IT? PEOPLE
There is still a lot of speculation
about external causes of dyslexia -
ESTIMATED
what we know as of now is that TO HAVE IT
dyslexia is typically passed down
genetically, but may be exacerbated > 40 million adults in America with
by environmental factors. dyslexia

IN THE SYMPTOMS
CLASSROOM Trouble learning/remembering names of
letters in the alphabet
Dyslexia can cause difficulty...
Mispronouncing familiar words (baby talk)
Following directions
Staying focused Not recognizing letters in one's own name
Reading out loud
Expressing ideas Not recognizing simple rhyming patterns

RESOURCES ACCOMMODATIONS
Audiobooks, Podcasts, and Speak- Dyslexic students will benefit from having class material

to-Text are valuable classroom available to them in audio format, such as class readings
& books. Setting educational goals early on can also be
resources for the developing
helpful. Students with dyslexia should not be marked
student. down for spelling errors or forced to read aloud with
unfamiliar material. When reading and writing is
inevitable, font should be easy to read (not cursive) and
should be colored to contrast the background. Working
with children individually on reading assignments may be
more productive in developing their reading skills than
doing reading activities in a group.

“DYSLEXIC KIDS ARE CREATIVE,


‘OUTSIDE-THE-BOX’ THINKERS. THEY
HAVE TO BE, BECAUSE THEY DON’T
SEE OR SOLVE PROBLEMS THE SAME
WAY OTHER KIDS DO."
~RICK RIORDAN~

https://austinlearningsolutions.com/blog/38-dyslexia-facts-and- https://www.understood.org/en/learning-thinking-
statistics differences/child-learning-disabilities/dyslexia/skills-that-can-be-
https://www.understood.org/en/learning-thinking-differences/child- affected-by-dyslexia
learning-disabilities/dyslexia/great-quotes-about-dyslexia https://dyslexia.yale.edu/dyslexia/signs-of-dyslexia/

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