Dcode - Book 8 Advanced Skills

My name is Mary Moran and I was born and raised in Galway, Ireland. When I started on this journey my greatest desire growing up was to own and work with horses - I did not end up in that line of work, but a mutual love of horses connected me with the person who would introduce me to the art of teaching struggling dyslexic readers. It has now been my passion for 35 years. Kate Weldin De Blois (now Kate Mc Mahon) had moved to Ireland from Boston for a more rural life. She had been training teachers in the Orton / Gillingham discipline and assumed she could continue that work in Ireland. Unfortunately the educational system in Ireland failed to see her value as she tried to revolutionize the teaching of dyslexic readers on her own. She was always swimming against the current. I participated in one of Kate's training programs - little did I realize at the time that it would become one of the most important parts of my life and my passion. Over those 35 years I have taught thousands of children - some funny and mischievious - some quiet and shy, but I loved them all equally. I sat with parents in tears and listened to teacher's exasperation when frustrated children started acting out in class. My program has been hugely successful while tutoring these children. I have decided to put my lessons into workbook form in the hope that it will become the go-to resource when remediating struggling readers within the school system. Although my initial training was Orton / Gillingham I have developed my own program stemming from it. This program uses colour to program the brain and my hope is that it will make the teaching of struggling readers much clearer and easier.

CHAPTER ONE: Endings - el, al, ent, ant, ic, it, et, ite, ate, an, ian, ain, ity, ist, Story - Wally the Walrus, CHAPTER TWO: Endings - ive, ace, ice, ine, ion, ous, age, ism, Story - The Connemara Pony, CHAPTER THREE: Endings - sure, ture, tu, que, Homonyms, Plurals, Contradictions - bear, bare, wolves, it's, Story- The Hill of Uisneach, CHAPTER FOUR: Endings - ance, ence, ency, ense, ancy, able, ible, ary, ery, ory, Story - The Game of Hurley.