Dear teachers
We are writing to you to explain what it is like to be dyslexic our names are Joanne and phoebe there where some things we found difficult. Like reading because the teachers where not teaching us propel because we where not taught to sound out the words. We fond in literacy writing story’s hard to do because they gave us a story to write about but they didn’t give us a chose.
We felt upset because are friends where laughing at us and being mean to us. We felt left out because we have a lot of troubles with dyslexic we thought that we where stooped because we did not realise that dyslexic is a difficulty. We thought that was just how were.
This school which is called chiltern tutorial school they help us to understand and learn to read much better and to do math’s , literacy, spelling , morph graphs and understanding . They also help us to sound out the words and help by giving us a scribe, spec slowly not to give us to many stories or we will forget which one we are on.
We find it difficult to know when we have made a mistake when we are reading so we need to have someone to read it out to us we will find it easier.
Thank you for reading our letter. We really hope you have enjoyed it and will learn from it
Your sincerely Joanne and Phoebe (12 years & 9 years)
Great letter girls!
Dear Joanne and Phoebe
Thank you for writing this to share with us some of the difficulties you face with dyslexia. I am really pleased to hear that the school you are at now is helping you to learn, and I’m very glad that you no longer think you are stupid. You sound like two very clever girls to me.
Most teachers don’t understand how to teach children with dyslexia, so it is wonderful that you have teachers who are expert at this,
I have been doing lots of reading about dyslexia, and I have done some courses to teach me how to help children like you, so I hope that my teaching is getting better now. I will tell my other teacher friends to come and read your letter, and then maybe some more of them will try to learn how to change their teaching.
I wish you both lots of luck, and fun, with your schooling,
Mrs Braisby
This is a fantastic letter girls, well done!
I really struggled at school too and wasn’t given much help but now (20 years after leaving school) I am training to be a teacher.
I am going to use the things you have pointed out in your letter and hopefully that will make me a better teacher.
Thank you and good luck