Abstract
Dyslexia is considered a Learning Difficulty (AD), which presents as main characteristic low school performance due to the difficulty of recognizing and decoding the words. so reading, which for many is considered a natural process, for dyslexics is seen as complex and considered a factor of school failure. Most of the time the first symptoms are observed in the school, it is up to the teacher to welcome this student and to develop specific activities to work with reading the dyslexics. The aim of this study was to characterize dyslexia and to understand how the reception and work in elementary school should be with students who present dyslexia. For the accomplishment of this work, a bibliographic research was carried out based on books, articles and scientific materials of the subject in question. With this work it was possible to identify that the participation of the Portuguese language teacher is of extreme importance in the development and work with the dyslexic students, in addition the school should have the support of a multidisciplinary team to accompany the student and his family.