Reading & Spelling Guidance
Zoom tutoring online
The Reading Place Online offers specialized tutoring for students at home while advancing in reading and spelling.
One-on-one tutoring online for those with dyslexia or learning disabilities.
Boost literacy skills using tiles, reviewing site words, learning spelling & reading rules, etc.
55 minute Zoom Meetings twice a week .
How do you know if your child needs specialized tutoring?
May have difficulty decoding single words (reading single words in isolation)
May be slow to learn the connection between letters and sounds
May confuse small words such as: at/to, said/and, does/goes
May transpose number sequences and confuse arithmetic signs such as: + - x / =
Makes consistent reading and spelling errors including:
Letter reversals – d for b as in, dog for bog
Word reversals – tip for pit
Inversions – m and w, u and n
Transpositions – felt and left
Substitutions – house and home
May have trouble remembering facts
May be slow to learn new skills; relies heavily on memorizing without understanding
May be impulsive and prone to accidents
May have difficulty planning
Often uses an awkward pencil grip (fist, thumb hooked over fingers, etc.)
May have trouble learning to tell time
May have poor fine motor coordination
