Classroom Support with Mrs Spackman
Staff Professional Development on Dyslexia and Struggling Readers
On Monday, we had 17 staff members and casual staff members participate in an online course on Dyslexia. This course is a huge commitment from staff involving about 16-20 hours of extra study. The course will be ongoing throughout this term as staff participate in twilight sessions as well. Many of the strategies and interventions will be valuable for all readers in our classrooms, regardless of the label ‘dyslexic’. Already the staff are setting and writing goals to best cater for the children in their care.
People with dyslexia have many strengths; they just learn differently.
Below are free dyslexia screening assessment links which you might find useful.
https://www.dyslexiaaustralia.com.au/
Minilit
This week in the Star room we have begun Minilit (Meeting Initial Needs in Literacy) sessions with a group of students in Year 1 and another group in Year 2. These lessons will continue each morning to assist in building the reading skills of our students.
