Elementary Literacy Learning & Dyslexia

Elementary Literacy
Learning & Dyslexia

This page is intended to serve as a resource for families and community members interested in learning more about elementary literacy learning in 41ak¸£ÀûÍø, and especially how LPS supports students with risk factors for dyslexia or other language-based learning disabilities.  Click on the four icons below to learn more about how 41ak¸£ÀûÍø structures and supports literacy learning for students, and how the district identifies and responds to students who are striving to read.  

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Elementary Literacy Curriculum
Click on the button for curriculum information.

Dyslexia FAQs
Click on the button for frequently asked dyslexia questions.

Literacy Assessments & Screening
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Multi-tiered Systems of Support
Click on the button below to learn about systems of support.

Dyslexia Resources for Families

    •  (Cult of Pedagogy)

  • Picture books: 

    • Thank you Mr. Faulker by Patricia Polacco

    • Back to Front and Upside Down by Claire Alexander

    • Here’s Hank! (Series) by Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver

    • The Alphabet War by Diane Burton Robb

    • Your Fantastic Elastic Brain by JoAnn Deak

    • Why Can’t I Read? By Laurie O’Hara

    • I Have Dyslexia. What Does it Mean? By Delaney & Shelley Dannenberg

    • Magnificent Meg: A Read-Aloud to Encourage Children With Dyslexia by Andra Harris

    • Abdul's Story by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow


    Chapter books:

    • Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullally Hunt

    • Blue Fish by Pat Schmatz

    • Close to Famous by Joan Bauer

    • Counting to D by Kate Scott

    •  by Louisa Moats

    •  by Sally Shaywitz

    •  by Maryanne Wolf

    •  by Stanislas Dehaene 

    •  by Mark Seidenberg

    •  by Ben Foss

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    •  (Understood.org)

    •  (Independent Documentary, 2020) 

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    •  (Gaab Lab)

    •  (University of Michigan)