1. Teaching Students with Dyslexia
Montiana Davis

2. What is Dyslexia?
Dyslexia is the name for specific learning disabilities in reading.
Dyslexia is often characterized by difficulties with accurate word recognition, decoding and spelling.
Dyslexia may cause problems with reading comprehension and slow down vocabulary growth.
Dyslexia may result in poor reading fluency and reading out loud.
Dyslexia is neurological and often genetic.
Dyslexia is not the result of poor instruction
With the proper support, almost all people with dyslexia can become good readers and writers.

3. Why is Dyslexia a gift?
Dyslexic people are highly creative, intuitive, and excel at three-dimensional problem solving and hands-on learning.

4. Tips for Teaching Students with Dyslexia
Repeat Directions
Maintain daily routines
Hand out graphic organizers
Use step-by-step instruction
Simultaneously combine verbal and visual information
Write key points or words on the chalkboard
Design balanced presentations and activities
Emphasize daily review

5. 10 ways to Vary Student Performance Modes
Change response mode
Recommend graphic organizers
Encourage the use of assignment books and/or calendars
Reduce copying
Have students turn lined paper vertically for math
Use visual cues
Design hierarchical worksheets
Allow instructional aids
Use peer-mediated learning
Allow flexible work times

6. What kind of instruction does a child with dyslexia need?
Explicit- directly teaches skills for reading, spelling and writing
Systematic and cumulative- has a definite, logical sequence of concept introduction
Structured- has step-by-step procedures for introducing, reviewing, and practicing concepts
Multisensory- engages the visual, auditory, and kinesthetic channels simultaneously or in rapid succession.