This newsletter has been created to inform and educate people about current
findings that can help a struggling reader. We also hope that the content of
the newsletter will inspire those who struggle, that there is hope.
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The Reading Corner
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The Importance of Pre-Reading
Before playing a sport or doing other physical activity, it is important to warm up and
prepare your body for the upcoming task. It is the same way with reading. You need to warm
up and prepare your mind for reading so that you can perform your best, get the most out of
it, and increase your comprehension.
Before reading the text, ask yourself what you already know about its topic. Try to recall
as much information as you can. Think of related ideas you’ve learned in the past. Make brief
notes about your thoughts, or discuss what you remember with others.
One of the most important tools of pre-reading is to preview the selection and look for
unfamiliar words. Write down those words, decode them, and look up their definition. If you
do this, your reading will be smoother, and you will increase your comprehension by leaps and
bounds!
What you bring to the printed page will affect how you understand what you read and may be
what is most important in understanding what you read. A little preparation goes a long way.
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Famous Dyslexic Spotlight
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This section contains names of famous or recognized people who have been reported in the media,
on the Web, and in books as having some form of dyslexia or struggling in school.
Sophy Fisher
Journalist, former BBC Correspondent to Geneva
"I see children today doing everything I did to try to stop people seeing their failings -
disrupting the class, lurking at the back, faking illness, losing homework. Letters on a page
appeared a meaningless jumble - with no more logic than alphabet spaghetti."
She eventually went to Cambridge University
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Inspiration
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"There is no greater joy than the joy of achieving something that means a lot to you ... You can learn to read!"
- Larry McCall
"Steven, age 56, could not read. He was dyslexic and had never learned to read. We went through the Intensive Phonics
method and he learned the skills that helped him to read. It worked immediately."
- Doraine Bingham
View these and other success stories.
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Product Highlight
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The four Little Books are designed to correlate with the Discover Intensive Phonics lessons.
Each story uses only the words and skills that have been previously taught in the corresponding
lessons. As an additional feature, the Little Books are simply illustrated in black and white to
ensure students are focusing on the words and using the decoding strategies rather than the
pictures to guess words and content. The set of four Little Books is color-coordinated with
the software, which makes them easy to use with the corresponding lesson to enhance learning.
As a special offer, the Little Books are included FREE with the purchase of the Discover
Intensive Phonics software.
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