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: > I think the question was ... > > How does dyslexia affect Comprehension? What strategies work best in helping > students that may suffer from this condition? I am looking for activities > that would be useful at the early elementary level. Kathleen Ernewein >> >> WSU Student > > > I have found that with older students it does affect comprehension quite a > bit. These dylexic students struggled with word recognition and therefore do > not get much meaning from the text. I have also found that reversals do not > seem to affect comprehension much. When working with these students you must > teach using as many modalities as you can. You teach to the students > strength be it visual, auditory or tactile. Working one on one or in a small > group helps these students too. My experience is that not too many students > are labeled dyslexic for many reasons and usually not in the early grades. > But there are programs, such as Orton-Gillingham, that seem to help these > students. > > Mary IL/sped/8 > > _________________________________________________________________ > Booking a flight? Know when to buy with airfare predictions on MSN Travel. > http://travel.msn.com/Articles/aboutfarecast.aspx&ocid=T001MSN25A07001 > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > -- Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach & Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 57555 http:www.tcsdk12.org ph. 605.856.2211 Literacies for All Summer Institute July 17-20. 2008 Tucson, Arizona _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
