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 left and it is a p. Some teachers stress the b/d confusion using the word bed - this one is hard to write - if you use your hands to make a letter b with the left hand and a d with the right hand and hold them together, you have a bed with a headboard and a footboard. Most of my children did not get this one because the concept of headboard and footboard is unknown to them. There is a program called "Recipe for Reading" that uses a picture of a bat and ball for the letter b and a drum and drumstick for the letter d. I have placed the b picture on the left corner of the student's desk and the d picture on the right corner. There is another saying b before c when looking at an abc chart. Personally, I use many hands-on activities using tactile items - for example tracing with your finger a sandpaper letter, cutting the letter of out needle point plastic canvas and have the students place a piece of paper over it and rub with a crayon, using shaving cream or pudding to write the letter in. Handwriting without Tears has specific language for teaching the formation of letters to reduce reversals. Deb (SpEd in IL)
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ljackson Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 11:17 AM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Dyslexia 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 show parents how natural it is for young children to the p-b-q-d thing. Letting them know it is not uncommon, is age appropriate and that you are aware of the reversals and willing to address them is important. Lori On 8/12/07 9:04 AM, "Renee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 is very common and natural until somewhere around > third grade. When parents ask, I do this: I stand their child up in > front of them, facing one side. I say, "Here is your child." Then I > turn the child around facing the other way and say, "Look! It's still > your child!" and then I explain that for some children they may just > not be seeing the difference yet between facing one way and facing > another way. > > Makes sense to me, anyhow! > Renee > > "And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make." > ~ John Lennon / Paul McCartney ~ Carry That Weight > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
