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