The Connections curriculum by The Apple Group has aided tremendously in Alex’s success this school year. The best part about utilizing Connections has been its ability to prevent any frustrations during the lesson. With Connections, there is always a solution to mistakes, and the student/teacher navigate at the student’s pace. This curriculum is also unbelievably thorough. I honestly cannot say enough good things about it!
Today we were in lesson 6 part IV: Finger Spell and Write/Build. Alex chose to build this lesson’s words using his magnetic set of letters. The steps are as follows:
- Teacher says the word
- Student repeats the word
- Student finger spells by separating the sounds of the word
- Student builds the word with letters
- Student names the letters he uses while building
- Student reads the word
- Teacher provides the word card so student may check work
Check out the video on Reaching Excellence Amongst Dyslexia’s Youtube channel: READ Videos
Educational Therapy and Consulting by Betsey LaFoy 