Overview of Learning Disabilities in Reading
Students 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.
Teach Your Child Basic Sight Words
Building your child's sight word vocabulary for common words at her developmental level is a good way to strengthen her reading foundational skills. This is one commonly used list of primer level words developed by E.W. Dolch in the 1930's and is still widely used by today's teachers. The list includes words that appear frequently in preschool and kindergarten level reading material. There are many ways to teach sight words to young children.
Primer Level Words
all, am, are, at, ate, be, black, brown, but, came, did, do, eat, four, get, good, has, he, into, like, must, new, no, now, on, our, out, please pretty, ran, ride, saw, say, she, so, son, that, there, they, this, too, under, want, was, well, went, what, white, who, will, with, yes
Download free Dolch primer level sight word flash cards here.
