Never Too Late to Read

By the time a student who has reading problems reaches adolescence,patterns of avoidance, denial, and resistance may hinder classroom participation. Now, this new book will show you how to convince a student who ismistakenly labeled as unmotivated and without goals that academic success isattainable. Never Too Late to Read provides tips, techniques, and strategies you caneasily implement. This practical and timely book describes typical studentswith dyslexia and leads you step-by-step through the process of evaluating andteaching them. Throughout this book, Alice Ansara's caring, wisdom, commitment, andpractice will guide you. You'll build upon her belief that teaching must takeplace simultaneously on two levels -- enabling students to meet the academicrequirements for their classes and helping them overcome specific languagedeficits. Most important, you'll learn how to do both. Page after page, you'll find lists upon lists of words you can give your studentsto teach them about specific spelling rules ... the six kinds of syllables ... and roots, prefixes, and suffixes. You'll also find ideas you can use to developexercises in phonics, spelling, and phrasing