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