We’ve written a post on the brilliant Sally Gardner before (for those of you who don’t know, she’s an award-winning British children’s novelist with totally unique style of her own!).
For Dyslexia Awareness Week, she put together a poem for dyslexic children and adults everywhere.
Disobey Me, a poem by by Sally Gardner
They told me I was dyslexic
it didn’t describe me
belonged in the library
of words I can’t spell
no matter how many times they tell
you just try harder sound it out
simple when you think about
it….
For the full poem, click here.
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Sarah Forrest is a Reading Specialist for the Easyread System, an online program for children struggling with reading and spelling. Get a free 10-day trial at www.easyreadsystem.com
