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Dyslexia Therapy

Parent Support Information

Created by:

HPISD Dyslexia Therapists

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This packet explains the Take Flight paperwork your child brings home.

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Parent Support Role

    • Handwriting
    • RAP pages
    • Instant words

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Completing these independent practice sheets with your child is encouraged (5-10 minute practice)

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Handwriting Practice

  • begins at a consistent starting point for each letter
  • reduces reversals of letters
  • provides unique letter shape for memory

Why lower case cursive handwriting?

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Handwriting Checkpoints

    • Encourage correct pencil grip

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    • Observe writing position
      • feet flat
      • back straight
      • paper anchored with non-writing hand
      • paper parallel to writing arm
      • pencil pointing over shoulder

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Handwriting Directions

say these aloud while your child writes the letter

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RAP Practice

(Repeated Accurate Practice)

Purpose:

      • connect the printed letter to its name and

sound

      • develop accurate and effortless reading through repeated practice
      • increase reading speed while maintaining accuracy
      • SAVE THESE PAGES TO PRACTICE OVER THE SUMMER !

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Complete the page with the checkmark!

If your child makes an error, just correct them and keep going!

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Instant Word Practice

Purpose:

        • provide repeated practice of the 300 words presented in groups of 10
        • develop rapid, accurate word recognition
        • words are read alternating in rows, columns, phrases and sentences
        • SAVE THESE PAGES TO PRACTICE OVER THE SUMMER !

Instant words are a list of 300 words that occur frequently in reading

*also known as high-frequency, sight words or snap words*

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Your child read the top half in class. Have them read the entire bottom half for homework.

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Read Aloud to Your Child

Purpose:

        • connect pleasure with reading
        • exposure to quality literature
        • provide a good reading model
        • increase vocabulary
        • expand background knowledge

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“There are no right or wrong ways to read aloud, but anything you can do to make the experience more fun will encourage your kids to love reading for the long term.”

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“The love of reading is created by the emotional sparks between a child, a book, and the person reading. It isn’t achieved by the book alone, nor by the child alone, nor by the adult who’s reading aloud – it’s the relationship winding between all three, bringing them together in easy harmony.”

-- Mem Fox, author

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More Information

  • To access a video tutorial on how to please visit our district webpage through…
    • Go to www.hpisd.org
      • Departments
        • Special Programs
          • Scroll down and to the right side you will see Dyslexia
          • Click Dyslexia and you will be on our page
            • Scroll down to the bottom of the webpage under the parent involvement tab.
            • You will see a YouTube video for the video tutorial

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