Dyslexia Services
Your child will have a homework binder for dyslexia. The binder will come home with them every night and there will be 10-15 minutes of homework each night in addition to reading practice. Any papers in the front pocket with a check mark on them are considered homework for the evening. When homework is finished papers can go in the back pocket or be filed under the appropriate tabs. This homework can consist of handwriting practice, RAP pages (groups of words to read rapidly), instant words, and rate pages.
Reading practice is one of the best ways to help your child! Read with them 20 minutes each night in addition to the above homework pages. Reading can be done out loud where you read to them or they read to you, they can read silently, or listen to audio books on Learning Ally.
There are two pages for you to initial/sign in your child’s folder. The calendar is where you can check off and initial that homework is done each night and the weekly observation is where I will write you a note each day if needed about how your child was in class that day.
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a specific learning disability that is neurological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the phonological component of language that is often unexpected in relation to other cognitive abilities and the provision of effective classroom instruction. Secondary consequences may include problems in reading comprehension and reduced reading experience that can impede growth of vocabulary and background knowledge. ~International Dyslexia Association, 2002
