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My name is Allison Logan and I am a certified teacher and test administrator for dyslexia. I also work with reading intervention students and gifted and talented students in grades K-3rd. My email address is logana@harmonyisd.net.
My name is Allison Logan and I am a certified teacher and test administrator for dyslexia. I also work with reading intervention students and gifted and talented students in grades K-3rd. My email address is logana@harmonyisd.net.
What is dyslexia?
Dyslexia is the name for specific learning disabilities in reading.
Dyslexia is often characterized by difficulties with accurate word recognition, decoding and spelling.
Dyslexia may cause problems with reading comprehension and slow down vocabulary growth.
Dyslexia may result in poor reading fluency and reading out loud.
Dyslexia is neurological and often genetic.
Dyslexia is not the result of poor instruction.
With the proper support, almost all people with dyslexia can become good readers and writers.
Classes
Students will receive instruction through MTA (Mulitsensory Teaching Approach) class which is a multisensory reading program. This program is a systematic program designed for reading instruction for dyslexic students.
MTA Program Implementation Guidelines Link - www.mtspublications.com/documents/FORADMINISTRATORS.pdf
What is Multisensory Teaching Approach?
What is Multisensory Teaching Approach?
Multisensory Teaching Approach is a program for the remediation of Dyslexia and other reading disabilities. It follows research begun at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital in 1965 by Aylett R. Cox and Dr. Lucius Waites as they developed the Alphabetic Phonics program. This program is an Orton-Gillingham multisensory approach to teaching reading that combines Visual, Auditory and Kinesthetic (or muscle) instruction. Titled Alphabetic Phonics because it is based on the alphabet symbol system, it teaches the science of the written language and addresses reading, handwriting, and spelling. Margaret Taylor Smith developed Multisensory Teaching Approach (MTA) in the mid 80's as a refined and more “teacher friendly” curriculum that enhances and further develops Alphabetic Phonics by teaching for mastery.The research of a four year study (Reynolds, V., Vickery, K., and Cochran, S., Annals of Dyslexia, 1987) showed highly significant gains for all remedial students while students in regular classrooms also showed gains.The MTA curriculum meets all state requirements as an exemplary choice for the remediation of dyslexia. In fact, the descriptors for remediation were based on this curriculum.
Recommended Reading
Overcoming Dyslexia by Sally Shaywitz
Helpful Webpages:
Texas Dyslexia Handbook - tea.texas.gov/academics/special-student-populations/special-education/texas-dyslexia-handbook.pdf
National Center for Learning Disabilities - ncld.org/
Please feel free to contact me at logana@harmonyisd.net
Audio Book Apps and Information
Anyone in the state of Texas can sign up for a Houston Public Library card. It is free and can be used with many apps for you and your child to enjoy listening to books. Go to this link to sign up:
https://houstonlibrary.org/my-link-library-card-registration
You can use the Houston Public Library card information or any other library membership to sign up for Libby or Hoopla.
Another Resource is the Talking Books Program - https://www.tsl.texas.gov/tbp/index.html
This program is funded by the State and Federal Government
**The Letter Factory Video of Letters and Sounds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neItURLvyIQ
**Jack Hartmann Videos and Songs
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVcQH8A634mauPrGbWs7QlQ
**Sight Word Videos and websites
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWtMmRZDY-4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ebGBO3mBwM
**Sight Words.com
https://sightwords.com/?fbclid=IwAR3dFv2E7hIt6b99VPyYo4NhJSgB2jsj5lyZnDQaKuxHcdH6Mfu3mr892OU
**Fry Fluency Sentence Resources from The Curriculum Corner https://www.thecurriculumcorner.com/thecurriculumcorner123/
**Fry Fluency Sentence Resources from The Curriculum Corner https://www.thecurriculumcorner.com/thecurriculumcorner123/
Use our Fry word fluency sentences to help students improve their fluency skills. Focuses on the first 500 words.
Use our Fry word fluency sentences to help students improve their fluency skills. Focuses on the first 500 words.
Download our Fry Fluency Resources Below:
Download our Fry Fluency Resources Below:
Fry Fluency Sentence Checklist
Fry Fluency Sentence Student Reading Pages
Green Fry Sentence Cards First Hundred (1 – 100)
Purple Fry Sentence Cards Second Hundred (101 – 200)
Orange Fry Sentence Cards Third Hundred (201 – 300)
Yellow Fry Sentence Cards Third Hundred (301-400)
Blue Fry Sentence Cards Fourth Hundred (401 – 500)
**Storyline Online - The SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s award-winning children’s literacy website, Storyline Online, streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations. Readers include Viola Davis, Chris Pine, Lily Tomlin, Kevin Costner, Annette Bening, James Earl Jones, Betty White and dozens more.
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