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  • 5 Steps for Building Automatic Reading
    Consonants & Vowels | Reading | Spelling | Teaching Tools & Strategies

    5 Steps for Building Automatic Reading

    Have you ever had a student sound out a word correctly, only to get stuck on the exact same word later? Let’s use map. The student looks at the word, gives you /m/ /?/ /p/, blends it together, and says map. Yay! They read it. Then map shows up again later… and they’re back to…

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  • Practicing Vowel Team Generalizations: OI/OY, OU/OW, and AU/AW
    Consonants & Vowels | Spelling Rules & Patterns | Vowel Teams

    Practicing Vowel Team Generalizations: OI/OY, OU/OW, and AU/AW

    Now that you understand how vowel team generalizations work, the next step is helping students actually apply them in reading and spelling. New to Vowel Team Generalizations? If you need a full explanation of how vowel team generalizations work and why these spelling patterns matter, start here first: Vowel Team Generalizations Explained: OI/OY, OU/OW, and…

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  • Vowel Team Spelling Generalizations: OI/OY, OU/OW, AU/AW Explained
    Consonants & Vowels | Spelling Rules & Patterns | Vowel Teams

    Vowel Team Spelling Generalizations: OI/OY, OU/OW, AU/AW Explained

    Vowel Team Generalizations are taught for students to know the sounds and placement of OI/OY, OU/OW, AU/AW in words.

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  • Why Students Confuse b and d (And What Actually Helps)
    Consonants & Vowels | Teaching Tools & Strategies

    Why Students Confuse b and d (And What Actually Helps)

    Most tutors and teachers using the Orton-Gillingham approach have at least one student (or ten!) who confuses b and d. It’s common! And if a student has dyslexia, this confusion can stick around longer and feel more frustrating for both the student and the teacher. The good news? There are simple, effective ways to help….

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  • My Child Knows Letter Sounds… So Why Is Reading Still So Hard?
    Consonants & Vowels | Parent Support | Reading | Teaching Tools & Strategies

    My Child Knows Letter Sounds… So Why Is Reading Still So Hard?

    If your child can name letter sounds but still struggles to read words, you’re not alone. This is one of the most common concerns parents share: “They know their sounds… so why can’t they read?” Knowing individual sounds is just the first step. Reading requires a child to hold multiple sounds in their working memory,…

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  • Spelling Rules | Forget the Rhyme, Teach the IE/EI Rule
    Featured | Spelling Rules & Patterns | Vowel Teams

    Spelling Rules | Forget the Rhyme, Teach the IE/EI Rule

    Most people know the old spelling rule rhyme, ‘I before E except after C,’ but in Orton-Gillingham, we go a step further to make this rule crystal clear for our students. What Is the IE/EI Rule? In OG, the full rule is: Use I before E except after C, when spelling long E. So what…

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  • What Is a Three-Part Drill?
    Consonants & Vowels | Featured | Reading | Teaching Tools & Strategies

    What Is a Three-Part Drill?

    What is the 3 Part Drill in Structured Literacy? A Simple Explanation and scripts for teaching students.
    The Three-Part Drill is a key component of Orton-Gillingham lessons. It’s a multi-sensory practice that helps students become automatic with the sounds, symbols, and spellings of the English language.

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  • What Do You Know About Vowels? You’ll Know More Now. Plus, Know the Vowel Decks! (VIDEO)
    Consonants & Vowels | Videos

    What Do You Know About Vowels? You’ll Know More Now. Plus, Know the Vowel Decks! (VIDEO)

    Vowels and vowel sounds are the building blocks of the English language. Orton Gillingham is a phonics, rule-based approach to teaching and learning the English language. Using a scope and sequence makes it a cumulative, thorough approach to teaching English to both kids and adults. Orton Gillingham training teaches how to use multi-sensory learning to teach all of this and more.

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  • What Do You Know About Vowels? Now You Know Much, Much More
    Consonants & Vowels

    What Do You Know About Vowels? Now You Know Much, Much More

    We can provide our students with facts to help them recognize and learn more and more about the English Language. Let’s explore some facts about vowels. Orton Gillingham is a phonics, rule-based approach to teaching and learning the English language. Orton Gillingham Training teaches how to use multi-sensory learning to teach all of this and more!

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  • What Do You Know About Consonants? Now You Know Much More (VIDEO)
    Consonants & Vowels | Featured Video | Videos

    What Do You Know About Consonants? Now You Know Much More (VIDEO)

    Orton Gillingham has rules, which makes it easier to retain information, and luckily, there are also facts to help us remember a few things about consonants. Orton Gillingham is a phonics, rule-based approach to teaching and learning the English language. Using a scope and sequence makes it a cumulative, thorough approach to teaching English to both kids and adults.

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  • What Do You Know About Consonants? Now You Know Much More
    Consonants & Vowels | Featured | Sight Words

    What Do You Know About Consonants? Now You Know Much More

    The English alphabet has 21 consonants, most with one sound, but some like c, g, s, x, and n have multiple sounds. Consonants can be voiced or unvoiced. Important rules and facts include blends, digraphs, and specific phonetic rules. Orton Gillingham’s approach focuses on phonics and structured teaching methods for English.

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  • What’s In a Vowel Team Syllable? Best Ways To Practice (VIDEO)
    Syllable Division | Types of Syllables | Videos | Vowel Teams

    What’s In a Vowel Team Syllable? Best Ways To Practice (VIDEO)

    The video explains vowel team syllables, which aid in reading and spelling by dividing words into manageable parts. It promotes resources like workbooks and worksheets available on Teachers Pay Teachers. The Orton Gillingham method, a phonics-based approach, is emphasized for its structured, comprehensive teaching strategy for all ages.

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