System for teaching dyslexics to read and spell
OwnerSusan Bartoninventor
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Abstract
A method of teaching dyslexic persons to read and spell, that initially teaches phonemic awareness before letters are introduced. The system includes video instruction for tutors, fully scripted lesson plans, an electronic spell checker, and a word frame to enable viewing words in isolation and also incorporates small tiles as manipulatives. The tiles are square, roughly one inch on a side, and ¼-inch thick. The preferred material is wood. Most of the tiles have one or more black letters printed on their top surface. The particular letter, group of letters, or lack of any letter, and the background color of each tile correspond to its function in the learning process.
Claims20
A method for instructing a dyslexic person to read and spell, the method comprising the steps of:
- teaching phonemic awareness to a dyslexic student;
- teaching the student simple sound-symbol relationships with only short vowels in three-sound, consonant-vowel-consonant words;
- improving sound-symbol relationships using longer words having up to six sounds in a one-syllable word with only one short vowel and teaching associated spelling rules, and teaching the student two types of syllables, namely, closed and unit;
- teaching the student two additional types of syllables, namely, an open syllable and a vowel team, two initial syllable-division rules, accents and schwas and associated spelling rules, the last two syllable-division rules, spelling rules that apply to words with three or more syllables, and the most common vowel teams and how to use the syllable-division rules with vowel teams;
- teaching the student the meaning of the most common suffixes and associated spelling rules, followed by the most common prefixes, and silent-E words having suffixes;
- teaching the student reasons for a silent-E and two more types of syllables, namely, silent-E and consonant-LE;
- teaching the student how a vowel-R affects the sound of vowels and associated spelling rules;
- teaching the student advanced vowel teams, most of which can form more than one sound, and associated spelling rules;
- teaching the student reading and spelling rules pertaining to words borrowed from French, along with some common Greek spellings;
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- teaching the student comprehension of long, high school and college level words, most of which derive from Latin or Greek, the meaning of common Latin roots, as well as how to combine the roots with previously learned prefixes and suffixes, and the meaning of more esoteric Latin prefixes and associated spelling rules.
In an Orton-Gillingham-based method for instructing a dyslexic person to read and spell, the improvement comprising the step of:
- teaching phonemic awareness to a dyslexic student prior to teaching visual reading skills.
A system for instructing a dyslexic student to read and spell, comprising:
- written materials that provide fully scripted lesson plans;
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- manipulative objects that correspond to phonemes in an alphabetic language to aid dyslexic students to learn to read and spell by making use of the student's kinesthetic memory;
- whereby the objects can be moved about a supporting surface to form sounds or whole words.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.