Hello Everyone
I was hoping for some input in the area of dyslexia. While I now that it is not
my job as a teacher to diagnose students, I have noticed children that read d's
as b's and q's as p's. I would never come right out and claim that these
students are in fact dyslexic, but I would
Kathleen,
Dyslexia seems to be a term with as many definitions as people who use it.
In some school districts, the word is almost tabu. Letter reversals can be
developmental and are not always a predictor of reading problems, especially
depending on the age of the reader.
I recommend
Reversals are considered age appropriate until 9. Don't worry too much. I
generally just used a cue like, Something's walking backwards... If your
students are older, perhaps you should be more concerned and others with
more knowledge about Dyslexia can take on that issue.
Lori
On 8/12/07
Something else I try with my kids is to see if they can identify that their
letter is written backwards. I do this by pointing to the correct letter
on an alphabet chart on their desk or by writing the letter myself on a
piece of paper. If they can tell the difference and/or fix it then I don't
On Aug 12, 2007, at 6:13 AM, Kathleen Ernewein wrote:
.., I have noticed children that read d's as b's and q's as p's.
I would never come right out and claim that these students are in fact
dyslexic, but I would like to help them in anyway that I can.
Hi Kathleen,
Reversing letters
I've done it with a chair. Also effective.
It is important when talking with parents of these young children, who often
raise the concern regarding reversals, to acknowledge their concerns. Elisa
is so right about responding to parental concern without undo panic and
Renee has a great idea to
Kathleen,
There is a book called Overcoming Dyslexia that is very good. The
author is Sally Shayvitz. I agree with the other posters. Letter
reversals are very common. They do not always and in most cases do
not indicate dyslexia. In most cases the reversals stop between 2nd
and 3rd
I am looking for activities
that would be useful at the early elementary level.
I believe that our responses were on topic, as I believe we are saying that
reversals in early elementary are not generally indicative of dyslexia.
Lori
On 8/12/07 10:17 AM, Mary Kaleta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Read OVERCOMING DYSLEXIA by Sally Shaywitz for a complete history, explanation
and description of dyslexia which also includes information on assessment and
teaching. Dyslexia is a language processing disability that is neurologically
based in the part of the brain which allows for phonlogical
A wonderful, funny reading series popular amongst students in grades 4 - 6
is the Hank Zipzer series. The books are written by Henry Winkler and he
has suffered with dyslexia all his life. His main character in the series
is a student named Hank Zipzer. You and your students will fall in
If you are looking at the early elementary level, you'll want to know that
it is as common to reverse single letters at times as it is to never reverse
letters. It comes from not yet having enough experience with print, and
that tells you what activities to do. The child needs more experience
I am a special education teacher. Another way I have explained this parents
is to use a block cut out letter (we have an Ellison die cut machine) of the
letter b - flip the letter over to the right and it is a d - flip the letter
over again to the bottom and it is a q - flip it over again to the
No wonder children have problems with letter reversals until grade three.
From the moment they were born they were taught object permanence. An
apple is an apple whether facing left or right, up or down. A lamp is a
lamp whether on a table or on the floor. Oh, but wait, now we're telling
them a b
I tell them to say a boy kicking a ball when writing the b (the stick is
the boy and the round part is the ball and he's kicking it the direction you
are writing.)
For d, ask them to write the round part first and say c, then close it up
with a stick and say d. CD is easy to remember.
I wish
There are a lot of views about dyslexia but most people see it as a problem
with decoding rather than comprehension...these kids can often comprehend at
a high level when the text is read TO them rather than when they have to read
it themselves. I have a little guy like this that I work
In a message dated 8/12/2007 2:26:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
No wonder children have problems with letter reversals until grade three.
From the moment they were born they were taught object permanence. An
apple is an apple whether facing left or right, up or
I am looking for activities
that would be useful at the early elementary level.
I believe that our responses were on topic, as I believe we are saying
that
reversals in early elementary are not generally indicative of dyslexia.
Lori
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I agree. Early elementary kids reverse letters and
I had a boy who wrote the first letter in his name backwards, I simply worked
out a signal with him to correct it. If I saw his J written backwards I'd point
to the letter on his paper, and he'd correct it. (Sometimes that took 3 or more
prompts, but eventually he'd get it right. Now that he's
Jennifer,
My experience with students who have identified learning differences is that
they learn the strategies more readily than students who do not struggle. I
think it is because they have developed good listening skills to cope with
their lack of decoding skills. They get the read/think
That is interesting. I recently team taught a class with our high school
literacy coach and she tried a couple of visualization strategies with our
adult students that she normally uses with the kids she works with--children
with cognitive impairments, reading disabilities and delayed readers.
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