April 2013 - Orton Gillingham for All

We Sailed and Jumped into a Twisted -ED (the suffix)

Hearing letter sounds is a major key to learning to write and understand English. It can be confusing because many letters or letter combinations have more than one sound. Today I will go over one of the combinations – the suffix –ed. The suffix –ed is used to represent past tense; plenty of even smaller children may...

They Come as a Team – Vowel Teams

So we’ve now gone through all of the syllable types except one in the REVLOC system of syllable division. We have covered C, E, O, R, and L. The final type of syllable is Vowel Teams – the V. These vowel teams are vowel sounds (it’s the sound, not just the letters) formed by...

Say, “Wuh”? Pronouncing Sounds

There are times when pronouncing a consonant letter, people will say it like this: For “m” someone might say, “muh” or “d,” “duh.” Actually, m says, “mmmm” and d says “d” (clipped, no uh on it). The sounds of letters are the smallest unit of sound in the English language. They are called phonemes (pronounced: ph?-n?ms). This is...

Don’t Get Ruffled or Baffled by Consonant + le

So far, I have covered R, E, O, C in the REVLOC system of breaking down words to provide rules for easier word pronunciation. Next, comes the L, which stands for Consonant + LE syllable types. This type of syllable ALWAYS appears at the END of words. The E (the vowel in this type of...

Monthly Archives: April 2013

We Sailed and Jumped into a Twisted -ED (the suffix)

They Come as a Team – Vowel Teams

Say, “Wuh”? Pronouncing Sounds

Don’t Get Ruffled or Baffled by Consonant + le

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