Happy Thanksgiving!

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Dear iReading Tutor Families,

In this week's newsletter, we're sharing another Dyslexia Myth vs. Fact, along with an explanation of what multi-sensory, explicit, systematic structured instruction really means—and why it matters for your child's reading growth.

We hope you look forward to our newsletter each week in your inbox and find it both helpful and encouraging. As always, please feel free to reach out or text us with any questions. We're here to support you and help your student grow with confidence.

We wish you and your family a wonderful, joyful Thanksgiving. We are truly thankful for all of you.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Understanding the FACTS

Students with dyslexia can learn to read when they receive explicit, systematic, multi-sensory structured literacy instruction. Dyslexia exists on a spectrum—while many students share difficulties with phonological processing, their specific challenges and strengths vary widely. No two learners with dyslexia look exactly alike.

Phonological processing is the brain's ability to recognize and work with the sounds in spoken language. It's not about seeing letters—it's about hearing, identifying, and manipulating sounds. Strong phonological skills help children connect sounds to letters, which is essential for reading.

Phonological processing includes three key skills:

Phonological awareness: noticing the sounds in words (e.g., knowing that "cat" and "hat" rhyme).
Phonemic awareness: hearing and working with the smallest sounds in words (e.g., /c/ /a/ /t/ makes "cat," or changing /c/ to /m/ to make "mat").
Phonological memory: remembering sounds long enough to use them (e.g., holding sounds in mind to blend a word).

These skills matter because children need to hear the sounds before they can read or spell them. When phonological processing is weak, matching letters to their sounds becomes difficult. This is one of the core challenges many students with dyslexia face—and exactly what structured literacy addresses.

The good news: students with dyslexia can learn to read when they receive explicit, systematic, multi-sensory, structured literacy instruction.