1 - Try the lyrics of songs whose melody is known to the child. 2 - Try illustrated books of children's poetry (not blank verse :-) where the meter and rhyme can assist word recognition. For example http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/browse?type=lcsubc&key=Children%27s%20poetry Lewis Carroll's *Hunting of the Snark* is suitable for an older child. It does have a tragic Jewish hero who finds the snark. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunting_of_the_Snark Martin Gardner's annotated version for yourself is at http://www.scribd.com/doc/110512434/The-Annotated-Hunting-of-the-Snark 3 - Teach the child to create his own poems using a rhyming dictionary. There are several online. The most comprehensive might be http://www.rhymezone.com/help/ 4 - Teach homonyms with the Do-Re-Mi song from *The Sound of Music*. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2033458/Misc/Do_Re_Mi.doc 5 - My own loose translation of Hayyim Nahman Bialik's *Aluf Batslut* *veAluf **Shum* is at https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2033458/Misc/OnionsAndGarlic_pics.docx 6 - Teach common phrases using the *Phrase List by Martinez & Schmitt *at http://www.academia.edu/1297347/A_Phrasal_Expressions_List_The_PHRASE_List_-_Martinez_R._and_Schmitt_N._2012_._Applied_Linguistics_33_3_pp._299-320 Good luck, Izzy From: Amy Styer <amystyer@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: What book for a dyslexic third grade native English speaker? > > I am turning to you for advice. I need a textbook to use with a third > grader who is dyslexic and ADHD. He is a native English speaker and > highly intelligent. Reading is very difficult for him (also in > Hebrew). I've used Explode the Code and Pearson Phonics Level A. I've > got him to the point where he is able to read simple sentences. What > books would you recommend? > ************************************** ** Join ETNI on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/31737970668/ ** ETNI Blog and Poll http://ask-etni.blogspot.co.il/ ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org ** post to ETNI List - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** help - ask@xxxxxxxx ***************************************