What is Dyslexia?

Phonemes are

• the component sounds of spoken words

• the component letters of written words

• not necessary for reading

• the letters of the alphabet

Graphemes are

• not necessary for reading

• the sounds that we hear when people speak

• the written symbols that represent spoken sounds

• the letters of the alphabet

The act of mapping the phonemes we hear to graphemes on a page, and vice versa, is called

• Decoding

• Comprehending

• Graphing

• Word recognition

The Simple View of Reading states that

Word ___________ X Language Comprehension = Reading Comprehension

True or False: Reading Comprehension is possible with either Word Recognition OR Language Comprehension

• True

• False

Encoding, storing and retrieving refer to the 3 processes of what?

• Speech

• Sight

• Reading

• Memory

The Rose Report highlighted these cognitive difficulties associated with dyslexia

• visual-kinaesthetic processing, calculation, verbal memory

• spatial awareness, verbal expression and working memory

• phonological awareness, verbal memory and verbal processing speed

• verbal processing speed, calculation, working memory

Which of the following is TRUE of Dyslexia?

• it is not connected to any IQ number or cut-off point

• it requires a diagnosis in order to intervene properly

• • it is an illness that affects a student's ability to see letters

• it is not connected to phonological awareness

We can best determine the severity of a student's Dyslexia by:

• their response to rapid-fire questioning

• their achievement on a reading fluency test

• their response to intervention

• their achievement on a working memory test

What are the following considered:

home environment, school environment, social-emotional state, genetics

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