Dyslexia

Dyslexia is a specific learning disability that is neurological in origin.  

• when a person has dyslexia, their brain works differently
• students with dyslexia will require a different approach to reading instruction

The student’s difficulties in the area of reading will reflect one or more of the primary characteristics of dyslexia with unexpected low performance for the student’s age and educational level in the following areas: 

• Reading real words in isolation    
• Decoding nonsense words
• Reading fluency - reading individual words accurately at an appropriate pace
• Written spelling - an isolated difficulty in spelling would not be sufficient to identify dyslexia               

This unexpectedly low reading performance will be a result of a deficit in the phonological component of language which pertains to speech sounds in words.                       

The student’s low performance in reading acquisition is unexpected in relation to other cognitive abilities and the provision of effective classroom instruction. 

• It is a surprise that the child struggles to read

Chambers County Library System

Dyslexia Handbook from TEA

International Dyslexia Association

Neuhaus Dyslexia Curriculum

Understood - What is Dyslexia

Understood - Dyslexia Simulation

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Epic!

KidLit TV

Learning Ally

Storyline Online

TumbleBook Library

YouTube Read Aloud Book Videos for Kids

Wordless Books

• A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka
• Deep in the Forest by Brinton Turkle
• Hug by Jez Alborough
• a boy, a dog, and a frog by Mercer Mayer
• Tuesday by David Weisner Zoom by Istvan Banyai
• The Girl and the Bicycle by Mark Pett
• Flotsom by David Weisner
• Re-Zoom by Istvan Banyai
• Chalk by Bill Thompson
• Mr. Wuffles by David Weisner
• Wave by Suzy Lee
• Journey by Aaron Becker
• Goodnight, Gorilla by Peggy Rathman
• Unspoken by Henry Cole
• Quest by Aaron Becker
• Pankcakes for Breakfast by Toamie dePaola
• Flashlight by Lizi Boyd
• Return by Aaron Becker
• The Red Book by Barbara Lehman
• The Snowman by Raymond Briggs
• The Lion & the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney
• The Tortoise & the Hare by Jerry Pinkney
• Float by Daniel Miyares
• The Grasshopper & the Ants by Jerry Pinkney

Books Focusing on Dyslexia (for all ages)

• Thank you, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco
• The Wednesday Surprise by Eve Bunting
• The Alphabet War: A Story About Dyslexia by Diane Burton Robb
• Author: A True Story by Helen Lester
• Knees by Vanita Oelschlager
• The Higgledy-Piggledy Pigeon by Don M. Winn
• It's Called Dyslexia by Jennifer Moore-Mallinos
• You've Got Verve, Jamie Ireland! by Lisa Ptter Rose
• Tom's Special Talent by Kate Gaynor
• Hank Ziper: Chapter Book Series by Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver
• If You're So Smart, How Come You Can't Spell Mississippi? by Barbara Esham

Books Focusing on Dyselxia (for upper elementary to secondary students)

• Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
• Trapped by Judy Spurr
• My Name is Brain Brian by Jeanne Betancourt
• Prove It, Josh by Jenny Watson
• Farmer's Son by N. E. Lasater
• Two-Minute Drill by Mike Lupica
• Eleven by Patricia Reilly Giff
• Close to Famous by Joan Bauer
• Hank Zipzer: Chapter Book Series by Henry Winkler & Lin Oliver

Recommended Reading for Adults

• Overcoming Dyslexia by Sally Shaywitz, M. D. 
• Dyslexia Wonders by Jennifer Smith
• Proust and the Squid by Maryanne Wolf
• The Dyslexic Advantage by Brock Eide and Fernette Eide