100 ideas for supporting pupils with dyslexia

1. Planning for Learning - different strategies - classroom organization - individual children's needs 2. Identifying needs - observation - assessment - coping with challenges - ensuring success at tasks 3. Reading - irregular words - vowel sounds - letter sounds - reading in context - importance of language experience 4. Reading comprehension - use of inferences - knowledge of concepts and schema - vocabulary and language understanding 5. Spelling - strategies rules - spelling in context - visual shapes of words - bottom up and bottom down strategies for both the visual and the analytical learner 6. Creative writing - developing creative writing skills 7. Number work/Maths. - strategise for remembering times tables and number bonds - time and dates - mathematical concepts e.g. angles, fractions 8. Memory - memory strategies which are meaningful and fun - passing exams - revision - note taking - organization 9. Discussion - understanding and developing concepts through discussion - developing discussion techniques 10. Developing self-esteem - peer acceptance - group work 11. Learning Styles - identifying different learning styles - cognitive - environmental factors - planning learning - classroom organisation 12. Self-advocacy - helping children understand dyslexia.