Overcoming Dyslexia by Sally Shaywitz M.D

Author:Sally Shaywitz, M.D. [Shaywitz, Sally]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-55889-3
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 2012-01-04T05:00:00+00:00

Next, give him the examples (write each one down):

Here are some examples: rate, fine, same.

Sequentially, point to the vowel, the consonant, and the silent e at the end and then say each word.

For step three, play a game in which one form of a word is magically transformed into another. You will need the index cards with the pairs of words (such as pan/pane) printed on them. Practice reading one form of the word and then the other. For example, first read the word hid, then point to its cousin with the silent e at the end, hide, and read it, hide. Repeat this for each of the words, and then ask your child to do the same. Once he seems to have grasped the idea, alternate, sometimes beginning with the word with the silent e and then reading the other word (rate, then rat). At other times start with the short form (rat) followed by the word with the silent e at the end (rate).

You can then apply the rule to real-life reading. Ask your child to get a book that he is familiar with and enjoys. With you by his side, have him take a highlighter and mark and read each word following the silent e code. Your child will master the exercise and enjoy his ability to read the many words he can now decipher with his secret code.

Here are forty word pairs to begin with. Copy each pair onto an index card.

bit, bite cub, cube cut, cute

can, cane cap, cape cod, code

con, cone Dan, Dane dim, dime

fad, fade fat, fate fin, fine

fir, fire hat, hate hid, hide

hop, hope kit, kite Jan, Jane

man, mane mad, made mat, mate

not, note pal, pale pan, pane

pin, pine rat, rate rid, ride

rip, ripe rob, robe rod, rode

Sam, same Sid, side sit, site

tam, tame tap, tape Tim, time

Tom, tome tub, tube van, vane

win, wine

You can also use magnetic letters to make word pairs with and without the silent e. Spell out pal, for example, and ask your child to spell out pale. Conversely, begin with pale, ask him to pronounce the word, and then ask if he can transform pale into pal by removing the magnetic e.

Saying c’s. You can help your child understand why the c in cent is pronounced one way and the c in can another. Share the rule with him, give him some examples, and then practice applying the rules governing how to say the letter c whenever it is encountered in words. The rule is: When the letter c is followed by the letters e, i, or y, it is pronounced softly like an ssss, as in cent and cinnamon. When the letter c is followed by a consonant or the vowels a, o, or u, it makes a hard c or k sound, as in car and cup.

You can help your child practice the different sounds by writing different c words on your index cards, some followed by the letters e, i, or y that produce

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