SAISD 504/Dyslexia Newsletter

Please join us in congratulating our December Coordinators of the Month. They have been selected for doing an outstanding job of making sure all 504 students receive the services they need. Thanks for everything you do!

Dyslexic Gifts

• Dyslexics often enjoy and excel at solving puzzles.
• Dyslexics have excellent comprehension of the stories read or told them.
• Most dyslexics often have a better sense of spatial relationships and better use of their right brain.
• Dyslexics have excellent thinking skills in the areas of conceptualization, reason, imagination, and abstraction.
• Dyslexics have a strong ability to see concepts with a "big picture" perspective.
• Dyslexics are adept to excellence in areas not dependent on reading.
• Dyslexics typically have a large spoken vocabulary for their age.
• Dyslexics tend to be more curious, creative, and intuitive than average.
• Dyslexics’ special mode of thought easily produces the gift of mastery.
• Dyslexia is NOT related to low intelligence.

Jamie Oliver is a celebrity chef, with dozens of restaurants across the world. He’s sold millions of cookbooks, and he’s the face of numerous campaigns for healthy eating and better education.

Jamie found secondary school a “rough time”. He was caught between a rock and a hard place: identified as “special needs”, but not given real support, because his dyslexia “wasn’t the most severe case."

He has “always struggled with writing” and his reading ability comes and goes: “Sometimes I have really good days at reading, sometimes I read like a five year old,” he says.

However, after leaving school, Jamie was able to concentrate on what he was good at: cooking. A chance appearance in a restaurant documentary put him on the nation’s TV screens, and the rest is history.

From Defeat Dyslexia

Welcome to the World of Blooket: a new take on trivia and review games!

A teacher/host will pick a question set and a unique game mode. Then, a code will generate that players can use to join the game on their own devices. After the game starts, players will answer questions to help them win. That’s where the fun starts, because Blooket offers a variety of games to keep students engaged and excited! Teachers can choose a set from their incredible collection, or they can create their own game sets based on any concept or skills that have been previously taught.

For more information watch the video below or go to
https://www.blooket.com/