What is Dyslexia?
Dyslexia is a difference in the way the brain processes information. Students with dyslexia often display many strengths, including creativity, the ability to see the bigger picture, and spatial knowledge. These real strengths can be leveraged to help them learn because students with dyslexic tendencies can have a more challenging time learning to read, write, and spell.
What approaches help students with dyslexia learn to read?
With a multisensory approach to learning, kids with dyslexia don’t just learn to read, write, and spell–but thrive and build confidence in their literacy skills. A multi-sensory approach includes visual, auditory, and kinesthetic/tactile modalities, and connects reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Instructional support for students includes explicit and systematic instruction of phonics and skills during universal reading instruction.
What reading assessments are used in Oak Harbor Public Schools in K-2?
Our current reading assessments administered in grades K-2 include:
mCLASS DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills) and iReady which includes the Rapid Automatized Naming (RAN) assessment that measures the ability to quickly name aloud a series of everyday items, including letters, numbers, colors, and objects.
Both assessments are nationally normed and the iReady assessment provides normative and criterion referenced data. The combination of these assessments allows us to look at multiple measures of student progress through a diagnostic lens to ensure that we are meeting the needs of each and every student and providing equitable access to growth and proficiency in reading.
Incorporating our district reading assessments to measure phonemic awareness, phonological awareness, letter sound knowledge, and Rapid Automatized Naming) fulfills the state requirements for K-2 literacy screening and provides our educators with valuable information for supporting students and communicating progress with parents/guardians.
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