Overview of Learning Disabilities in Reading
Students educationally diagnosed with learning disabilities (LDs) in reading or dyslexia may have difficulty with basic reading skills or reading comprehension.
Special Education Instruction for Learning Disabilities in Reading
There are many ways to teach reading skills to students with LDs. To determine the best strategy for your child, teachers generally rely on assessment results and their own teaching experiences with your child. This information is used to develop an individual education program (IEP) for your child. Learn the eight essential parts of an IEP.
Teaching your child how to build a strong sight word vocabulary is one of several essential strategies to develop reading skill and fluency. Young learners in preschool can benefit from learning common sight words.
This is the Preprimer Dolch Word List developed by the educator, E. W. Dolch, in the 1930's. These words are very common in early children's books such as picture books and early illustrated books.
There are many ways to teach these sight words to young children. The best way is to teach toddlers is to simply read to them and touch the words with your finger as they appear in the books. Infants and toddlers, of course, will not be able to read these words independently, but you can show them the words as you read, and they will learn them receptively.
Pre-Primer Level Words:
a, and, away, big, blue, can, come, down, find, for, funny, go, help, hers, I, in, is, it, jump, little, look, make, me, my, not, one, play, red, run, said, see, the, three, to two, up, we, yellow, and you.
Download these pre-primer sight word flash cards for use at home or school.
