Published
English for Young Thinkers with Dyslexia
The English Hour (Structured Literacy for Ages 5–10)
A teaching manual for English with a five- to ten-year-old who finds word reading and spelling unexpectedly hard. It does not diagnose. It teaches a parent how to run Structured Literacy intensity at that table — if “wait, they’ll catch up,” colored overlays, and a leveled ladder are not allowed to pass as the intervention.
Editorial principle
Ages 5–10 only. Place by skill, not by birthday. Short sharp sits. The child holds the pencil. You hold the key. The guide, if any, waits.
- Chronology
- 2026
- Length
- ~69,000 words
- Reading time
- ~5.5 hours · 259 pages
Authors
Michael Gannotti
The voices
1 figures across 2026. Each speaks in their own voice, through their own texts.
The parent-teacher
nowStructured literacy
Core question: Can you hear “wait — they’ll catch up” offered as the intervention?
One adult, ages 5–10 at the table — not a reading clinic down the hall.
Chapters
14 chapters. The disagreement is not resolved.
- Complete
Welcome
Welcome
What is the Structured Literacy hour still for at five to ten?
Voices: parent-teacher
- Complete
How to Use
How to Use This Book This Week
What can you run on a Tuesday?
Voices: parent-teacher
- Complete
Five Things
If You Only Remember Five Things
What must hold if the rest is ignored?
Voices: parent-teacher
- Complete
The Hour
The English Hour (Structured Literacy for Ages 5–10)
What does a session of Structured Literacy actually look like?
Voices: parent-teacher
- Complete
Chapter 1
What dyslexia looks like at 5–10
Is this a diagnosis, or a teaching profile?
Voices: parent-teacher
- Complete
Chapter 2
Phonemic awareness with letters
Can they hear the sound with a letter in hand?
Voices: parent-teacher
- Complete
Chapter 3
Phonics and decoding
Is a leveled ladder decoding?
Voices: parent-teacher
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Chapter 4
Encoding and spelling
Can they write the word they just read?
Voices: parent-teacher
- Complete
Chapter 5
Decodable connected reading and fluency after accuracy
Is a stopwatch the first fluency move?
Voices: parent-teacher
- Complete
Chapter 6
Vocabulary, morphology-light, and comprehension on accessible text
Is “just read more” comprehension?
Voices: parent-teacher
- Complete
Chapter 7
Early writing with adaptations
Can they write without abandoning spelling?
Voices: parent-teacher
- Complete
Chapter 8
Short assessments and progress checks
What did today’s errors teach tomorrow?
Voices: parent-teacher
- Complete
Chapter 9
Records
What still has to leave the house?
Voices: parent-teacher
- Complete
Chapter 10
Resources
Which program fits this hour, and which does not?
Voices: parent-teacher