Name: _______________________________ Date: ________________________
Activity Sheet in Remedial Reading
CAUSES, SYMPTOMS AND REMEDIES
Directions: The specific cases shown below are recurring reading concerns in both elementary and
secondary levels. Provide possible remedies for these cases. Write the references from where your
proposed remedies were cited.
DEFECTS CAUSES REMEDIES
AUDITORY
A. Congenital 1. Heredity
1. Complete hearing loss 2. Use of drugs
2. Partial hearing loss 3. Contagious disease incurred
by mother during pregnancy (Note: Write your references here
after your proposed remedies.
Citations in APA 7th edition.)
B. Adventitious deafness 1. Illness
2. Overdose of pills
3. Accumulation of wax
4. Deformed outer ear
5. Accidents, falls, boxing of the
ear
VISUAL
A. 1. Heredity
1. Frequent headache 2. Accidents during childhood
2. Pain behind head and neck 3. Improper use of eyes
3. Pain in forehead and temples
B. Blurred vision or double
vision
C. Squinting of the eyes
D. Painful or watery eyes
E. Holding book too far or too
near the eyes
F. Red or swollen eyelids
MOTOR DIFFICULTIES
A. Irregular ocular-motor control 1. Malnutrition
as shown by: 2. Mild brain injury
1. Unsteady handling of book 3. Lack of opportunity to
2. Defective way of turning develop muscle control
pages
3. Clumsy, awkward, or
uncoordinated movements
B. Complaints of:
1. Fear
2. Left-handedness
SPEECH DIFFICULTIES
1. Stuttering 1. Heredity
2. Stammering 2. Sudden shift of handedness
3. Lisping 3. Injury at birth or during
4. Faulty pronunciation childhood
5. Change in accent, rhythm
and melody
REVERSALS
A. Static configuration
1. Reversals of confusing
letters as:
b for d as big for dig
p for q as pueen for queen
n for u as honse for house
m for w as min for win
B. Kinetic reversals where
the sequence of letter in
word are confused, as:
law for wall
was for saw
left for felt
C. Transposing reversal such
as reading ‘a little good boy’
instead of ‘a good little boy’
ADDITIONS
A. Adds any 1. Carelessness
1. Articles, as of the farm for of 2. Poor vision
farm 3. Emotional instability
2. Prepositions, as into for to 4. Poor comprehension
school 5. Lack of concentration
3. Syllables, as telling for tell 6. Wide and rich imagination
4. Words, as my little feet for
me feet
REPETITIONS
A. Reads and rereads syllables, 1. Lacks skills in word
words or phrases recognition technique
B. Makes frequent regressions 2. Material is too difficult
C. Reads word for word in the 3. Inadequate sight vocabulary
halting manner
OMISSIONS
A. Omits important words or 1. Carelessness
portions of words 2. Lack of concentration
B. Fails to note crucial 3. Rapid reading without
punctuation marks understanding
SUBSTITUTIONS
A. Reads another word instead 1. Poor word recognition
of the one in the book or printed 2. Ignorance of rules
material 3. Carelessness or use of
B. Says another syllable or sloppy habits
letter instead of what is written
down.
REFUSALS
A. Doesn’t want to try to read a 1. Lack of motivation
word or phrase 2. Lack of self-confidence
B. Stops reading and gives 3. Fear of reading
signs showing that he needs 4. Inadequate word recognition
prompting skill
C. Skips the word without 5. Habits of giving up quickly
noticing the omission
FAULTY VOWELS AND CONSONANTS
A. Can’t pronounce vowel 1. Poor word recognition
sounds correctly 2. Faulty word analysis
B. Confused consonants 3. Lack of proper sound
sounds such as: discrimination
/s/ for. /z/ 4. Lack of auditory (poor
/sh/ for /s/ or /ch/ hearing sense)
/l/ for /r/ 5. Poor memory span
/v/ for /w/ 6. Immature speech
development
C. Confuses letter form such 7. Emotional distress
as: 8. Faulty eye coordination
b for d
9. Speech defects
p for q
n for m or u 10. Lack of well-directed
t for f incentives to improve
SLOW RATE OF READING
A. Reads word by word 1. Limited reading vocabulary
B. Uses lips in silent reading 2. Inability to read in thought
C. Points to words with fingers units or phrases
3. Visual defects
4. Weak in the techniques of
getting the thought from
connected materials
5. Narrow span of recognition
D. Word-by-word Reading 1. Meager sight vocabulary
1. Dead-level utterance of one 2. Material too difficult
word or another without 3. Poor training
grouping words that are closely 4. Overlooks punctuation marks
associated. 5. Lack of comprehension
2. Uniform spacing of words
without regard for meaning or in
violation of it.
3. Long pauses between
certain words.
