A Deeper Dive into Generalizations OI/OY, OU/OW, AU/AW
I’ve written about Orton Gillingham Generalizations before, but I want to take a deeper dive into this topic.
What Are Generalization Rules?
Generalizations or Generalization Rules are vowel teams that sound alike and also have general rules or situations for when to use them. There are three:
OI/OY saying “oi” as in oil/boyOU/OW saying “ou” as in...
Speech Pathology in OG
Speech pathology is important in creating sounds, and this is important in Orton Gillingham because the method relies on teaching in a three-prong approach – auditory, kinesthetic and visual.
For a learner with no speech issues, I think the most taught is that there is such a thing a voiced and unvoiced. Let them put...
More Facts – Vowel Facts
It’s a Fact — Consonants
Phonemic Awareness: Speaking of Individuality
What’s the importance of phonemic awareness and what exactly does that mean? First, phonics and phonemic awareness is not the same thing. Phonics is the understanding of the relationship of letters and sounds in WRITTEN language. Phonemic awareness is understanding the sounds of language working together in SPOKEN language to make words.
According to the...
Spelling Is Easier with Generalization Rules: OI/OY, OU/OW, AU/AW
In keeping with the past two posts on spelling consonant sounds and spelling vowel sounds, I am going to cover oi/oy, ou/ow, au/aw generalizations; when to use each to make their sounds. I mentioned these generalizations in my last post in a “Miscellaneous” category. Here I am going more in depth on when to...
Spelling Vowel Sounds: What Music They Make
How to Spell a Consonant Sound
Often in spelling and writing the letters and their pronunciations are considered, but what I had never experienced until working with Orton Gillingham is how to spell a letter sound. This post is on how to spell consonant sounds. Next week, I will cover spelling vowel sounds.
There are letters that make sounds, d says...