The more you read, the easier it is to read, but what if reading is still difficult? Is the best way to reading independently just toughing it out and persisting although you may be skipping words or reading at such a slow pace it’s difficult to know what you’re reading? For students, choosing the right level reading passage is important. It’s been suggested that if a reader wants to read a text independently, they should be able to decode 95-97% of the words. For older dyslexic students, this can mean texts that seem childish compared to their intellectual level. As Joanne Pierson points out, one solution to this difficulty is have dyslexic students read these texts to younger children. Another option is finding “hi-low” books […]
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