Dyslexia Awareness Magazine Project (Grades 3–5)

Inspire empathy. Elevate writing. Celebrate Dyslexia Awareness Month.

This engaging project turns your class into a publishing team! Students research a well-known person with dyslexia, draft a one-page feature using a kid-friendly template, and then compile everyone’s pages into a class Dyslexia Awareness Magazine (print or digital). Along the way, they practice research, note-taking, informative writing, visual design, and collaborative speaking & listening... while learning that different brains bring powerful strengths.

What Students Will Do

• Celebrate Dyslexia Awareness Month (October)

• Research and write about a famous/important person with dyslexia

• Develop empathy by exploring challenges and strengths

• Practice literacy skills: reading comprehension, research, informative writing

• Design a polished magazine page with headings, quotes, and visuals

What’s Included

• Step-by-Step Teacher’s Directions
  

• 30 Kid-Friendly Mini-Biographies
  Short starter articles to scaffold research and jump-start writing.

• Magazine Templates 

  • Cover page

  • “What Is Dyslexia?” facts page (kid-friendly)

  • “Why Red?” awareness page

  • Student feature page (with spots for tagline, key achievements, 3 fun facts, quote, and illustration/photo)

Format: Ready to print!
Teacher Prep: Low—introduce, match topics, share templates, and go!
Time Needed: ~3–5 class periods (flexible for deeper research or publishing days).