WOISD will be represented well this summer at the ISTE conference in Chicago!! 

Summer Reading

Summer reading can seem like a chore to struggling readers. Encourage reluctant and struggling readers by introducing them to magazines, graphic novels, and audio books.  You might also suggest chapter books like the Cam Jansen series by David Adler, the Judy Moody and Stink series by Megan McDonald, the Magic Treehouse series by Mary Pope Osborne, the Hanks Zipzer series by Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver, and the Beezus and Ramona books by Beverly Cleary.

Jared Blank Is an Inspiration This Dyslexia Awareness Month

Click the link at the top of the post to read more about his amazing story!

Many elementary school teachers have limited resources related to dyslexia and other learning differences. Dyslexia in the Classroom: What Every Teacher Needs to Know was developed to open the door for these educators to a better understanding of dyslexia.

This handbook is intended to support all teachers in their passion to help every child reach his or her fullest potential. Use it to raise awareness, share best practices, and be a resource to your school’s administration and staff.

Inside you’ll learn more about find topics such as:

• Signs and symptoms of dyslexia
• Classroom strategies, tips, and tools
• Components of effective reading instruction
• Screening, evaluation, and diagnosis

We encourage you to share this handbook with as many people as possible. The more educators we can inform, the more children we can help!

https://dyslexiaida.org/dyslexia-in-the-classroom/

 Having a child diagnosed with dyslexia can be a traumatic experience. While dyslexia can make reading more difficult, with the right instruction, almost all individuals with dyslexia can learn to read. Many people with dyslexia have gone on to accomplish great things. Among the many dyslexia success stories are Thomas Edison, Stephen Spielberg, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Charles Schwab.

Dyslexia is a neurological condition caused by a different wiring of the brain. There is no cure for dyslexia and individuals with this condition must learn coping strategies. Research indicates that dyslexia has no relationship to intelligence. Individuals with dyslexia are neither more nor less intelligent than the general population. But some say the way individuals with dyslexia think can actually be an asset in achieving success!!

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Alexander G. Bell, Tom Cruise, Cher, Albert Einstein, Walt Disney, General George Patton, Nelson Rockefellar, Leonardo da Vinci, Pablo Picaso, Charles Schwab, John F. Kennedy, Sir Winston Churchill, Henry Ford, Whoopi Goldberg, Thomas Jefferson, Henry Winkler, and George Washington are well known for entertaining, discovering, inventing, creating, singing, and much more.  Did you know that they have also been found to be dyslexic?  Find out more about famous people with dyslexia at…

dyslexia.learninginfo.org/famous-people2.htm