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A HARD LIFE

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It is hard living with this condition!

SYMPTOMS WHAT IS IT? CURE

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This is what a leurning-bisaddleb child often has to contenb with when temqting to need a dook

this is a kid trying to read and he is falling

What is it?

misbehave. “... others may fall

Dyslexia is a learning

through the cracks and keep quiet.” says Instagrock. Some kids could be feeling

disorder that is very common.

When you have a hard time reading, writing, spelling and expressing your feelings then

embarrassment. This disorder can lead to lower self-esteem.

you probably have dyslexia.

But surprisingly, people with this

Kids with this disorder have to work extra hard.

disorder tend to be very smart.

“When a person with dyslexia hears someone say the

This disorder is genetically inherited. That means if someone in your family had dyslexia, you too could also have dyslexia.

People who have dyslexia may react differently. When you have this disorder you may

word “tab” they may spell bat.” says Instagrock because they switch the letters around and they sometimes have bad vision.

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THESE ARE PICTURES OF THE SYMPTOMS

What are the symptoms?

Some of the symptoms

instructions -difficulty rhyming

include: -not knowing your left and -difficulty dividing words into rights syllables -being very creative -reversals of letters and numbers If you had one or two of -mixing up p,q,b,d -not remembering what you read (memory) -difficulty spelling -bad handwriting -having trouble copying words -difficulty reading out loud -a hard time expressing thoughts and feelings

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-not good at following

some kids see this in what they read.

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these symptoms, it is likely you do not have dyslexia. But if you have four or five of these symptoms, there is a good chance you have dyslexia. This could turn into a problem in the future.

Cures and treatments “Treatment is a ongoing process that make take a couple of years.” Says Grock.

When you have dyslexia the best thing you can do is to practice, practice, practice, reading, writing and spelling inside of school and out.

When you have dyslexia, you may face a lot of problems. To

overcome these problems, you may have

OVER COMING OBSTACLES

to work with a therapist.

Some types of therapy include speech and tutors. “Early diagnoses is key, because then they can start the treatment.”

Says Instagrock. This condition can often be lifelong. You can try to overcome dyslexia but it is trying and hard. But if you try hard enough you will over come dyslexia.

The first picture is of a kid over coming obstacles. The second picture is of a tutoring center. And the last picture is of a girl and her parents have to teach her child dyslexic success. work as hard as you can!

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Lexicon Organizer Word & Page #

Part of Speech (noun, verb, adj)

Definition

common

adjective

ocerring

Creative #4

adjective

Sentence from book/article

Use the word in a new sentence. (your own!)

very often

It’s common to be happy.

involving the imagination or original ideas.

you use your imagination 24/7

When I was little i always used my imagination.

dyslexia #cover noun

difficulty learning It’s because they have a to read or learning disability called interpret words dyslexia. letters and other symbols.

main idea

Kids who have a hard time reading may have dyslexia.

embarrassmen noun t #16

feeling self consciousness.

you may feel like you can’t handle school or the embarrassment.

you feel awkward.

I feel embarrassment when I forget my homework.

failing #6

noun

A weakness.

They may think they are failing.

Its a part of life.

We all fail sometimes.

genetic #grock

adj.

Relating

Dyslexia is almost always genetic.

In the family.

My mom has the genetic of being annoying.

Difficulty with handwriting.

We all handwrite.

handwriting #14

noun

writing with a pen or pencil.

dyslexia is very common.

Relevance or importance to topic/time period.

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Handwriting in cursive is fun.

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inherited #9

verb

receive.

dyslexia is often inherited.

Comes from thefamily.

I inherited beautiful hair from my mom.

learning disorder #6

n

n

dyslexia is a learning disorder.

learning disorder is bad.

I have a learning disorder.

left #grock

adj

one side of a humands body.

It”s hard to tell you left from Directions. your right.

My left side of my back is giving me pains.

memory #grock

noun

The mind stores stuff.

You may have bad memory.

How you remember things.

my memory is bad sometimes.

missbehave #7 verb

fail to conduct oneself.

Kids with dyslexia tend to misbehave.

A bad thing to do.

Do not misbehave in class.

practice #12

noun

A actual application.

Practice reading everyday.

You need to do it.

Practice makes perfect.

Problems #Grock

noun

A matter.

If you have these problems

everybody has them.

I have problems with some people.

processing #grock

noun

A series of actions.

If you have a hard time processing things you might have dyslexia.

thinking things through.

Processing cheez takes a long time.

reading#7

noun

The action or skill of reading written words.

Reading is a part of everyday life.

You read it everyday.

Reading is so fun.

right #grock

adj

one side of the human body.

It’s hard to tell you right from your left.

directions.

My right hand is the one I write with.

school #6

noun

A instruction for

School may seem difficult.

You go everyday

School is so hard at

you might have dyslexia.

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Lexicon Organizer education.

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as a kid.

times.

Your self-­esteem can be hurt when someone makes fun of you.

self-­esteem #16

noun

confident with ones abilities.

This can hurt a child's self-­esteem.

it can hurt you.

Smart #6

adj.

quick-­witted intelligence.

They may actually be very smart.

Everyone is smart. My dog is so not smart.

Therapists #grock

noun

A skilled person. Overcoming dyslexia you might have to have a therapists.

Where you can go.

I do not like to go to therapists.

Treatment #grock

noun

Medical care given to a patient.

Treatment includes........

to make you better.

I had treatment for my headache.

Very smart #6

n

n

The kids are very smart.

You are all smart.

Not all people are very smart.

lifelong #grock

adj.

Lasting for a persons life.

This condition is lifelong.

your whole life.

It is my lifelong dream to be a singer.

vision #grock

noun

the state of being able to see.

Is your vision blurry?

how you see.

My vision is great!

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