Dyslexia Teachers

My name is Debra Rolfe. I am excited to serve as the Dyslexia Specialist at Smith, Curtsinger, and Riddle this year. I have a Bachelor’s degree from Texas Tech University and a M. Ed. from Texas A&M Commerce. I have twenty-one years of teaching experience at various grade levels both in general and special education. This is my fifth year in Frisco ISD. Teaching children to read is my passion as it is the key to future success! I have been married for 29 years and have 4 amazing kids. Twin daughters who are juniors in college and two sons. One is a freshman in college this year and the other is a Sophomore in high school. I am looking forward to a fantastic year of learning!

What does Dyslexia look like?

K-1 2-5

Difficulty:

• Identifying/generating rhyming words * Avoids reading out loud

• Manipulating sounds * Slow or inaccurate reading

• Remembering letter names and sounds * Difficulty with spelling in authentic writing

• Remembering words from page to * Avoids reading out loud

page, book to book, day to day * Slow or inaccurate reading

• Recalling names of common objects *Difficulty with spelling in authentic writing

• Identifying beginning, middle, and * Spelling may have missing sounds (sister=sistr) or syllables

ending sounds or syllables (beautiful=butfl), vowel confusion

*Blending sounds together to make or transposed letters (bird=brid)

words eg. (t) (o) (p)=top *Difficulty sounding out unfamiliar words

* Pronouncing words correctly eg. *Listening comprehension is stronger than reading

Pasgetti for spaghetti comprehension

* Written expression significantly below oral expression

* Often skips and misreads prepositions and suffixes