Matching Pairs IV LEVEL UNIT 4 LET ME EXPLAIN Lesson 2Online version Matching questions to the corresponding answers by Martha Uribe 1 What do many dyslexic people grow up thinking about themselves? 2 What do many dyslexics actually have? 3 How common is dyslexia? 4 What happens when we read? 5 What is dyslexia? 6 What does dyslexia affect? 7 Who is Beatrice Davenport? a person’s ability to look at words accurately and connect them to sounds automatically that they are unintelligent or inattentive the founder of the Davenport Center for Understanding Dyslexia Our brains recognize the letters on the page, recall the sounds they represent, and put those sounds together into words. high IQs; great logical abilities; incredible creativity a condition that makes reading, writing, and spelling difficult common; around ten percent of people have some level of dyslexia 1 When did she realize it was dyslexia? 2 What is the truth about the intelligence of dyslexic kids? 3 How can schools help dyslexic kids? 4 What happens to dyslexic kids in school? 5 What should dyslexic kids spend time on? 6 What did she think about her son before he started school and why? 7 When did she become interested in educating people about dyslexia? 8 Who did she blame for his reading trouble? focus on teaching and testing methods that aren’t text-based They tend to get discouraged. She believed he was a smart boy because he never had difficulty speaking. after she found out her son was dyslexic herself at first and then his teacher (things that come easily to them Some have above-average IQs and others have average or below-average IQs, just like any other group. during a conversation with her friend