Relier Pairs IV LEVEL UNIT 4 LET ME EXPLAIN Lesson 2Version en ligne Matching questions to the corresponding answers par Martha Uribe 1 What is dyslexia? 2 What do many dyslexic people grow up thinking about themselves? 3 How common is dyslexia? 4 Who is Beatrice Davenport? 5 What happens when we read? 6 What do many dyslexics actually have? 7 What does dyslexia affect? a condition that makes reading, writing, and spelling difficult high IQs; great logical abilities; incredible creativity the founder of the Davenport Center for Understanding Dyslexia common; around ten percent of people have some level of dyslexia a person’s ability to look at words accurately and connect them to sounds automatically Our brains recognize the letters on the page, recall the sounds they represent, and put those sounds together into words. that they are unintelligent or inattentive 1 What did she think about her son before he started school and why? 2 When did she become interested in educating people about dyslexia? 3 What is the truth about the intelligence of dyslexic kids? 4 When did she realize it was dyslexia? 5 Who did she blame for his reading trouble? 6 How can schools help dyslexic kids? 7 What should dyslexic kids spend time on? 8 What happens to dyslexic kids in school? during a conversation with her friend (things that come easily to them herself at first and then his teacher Some have above-average IQs and others have average or below-average IQs, just like any other group. She believed he was a smart boy because he never had difficulty speaking. after she found out her son was dyslexic focus on teaching and testing methods that aren’t text-based They tend to get discouraged.