Stop Asking Learners To Read Out Loud
He sat in the back of the room with his head down. I could see the tiny pieces of eraser he'd been nervously tearing apart as his turn to read approached. I knew he wasn't listening, you could see it in every part of his body language. He was calculating. Which paragraph would be his? He was pre-reading in hopes of making it easier. And then his turn arrived and all eyes were on him. If you guessed this was a story of my son in third grade, you are correct. He is dyslexic. No, he doesn't see numbers and letters backwards. It's more complex than that and current research is showing it is a brain wiring difference beyond just reading. Click here if you are curious about what he…
