A Simple System for Planning Orton-Gillingham Lessons
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The 2–2–2 Summer Plan for Reading & Spelling: A Weekly Routine That Works When Summer Gets Messy
Summer tends to shift things. One week you’re on a roll, and the next week someone’s at the beach, at camp, or just… done. The truth is, very few are excited about full lessons of summer reading and spelling in July. No matter how great a tutor I am or how many “games” I can…
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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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Orton-Gillingham for Every Setting: Home, Pods, Classrooms, and Tutoring
If you’ve been curious about how to bring Orton-Gillingham (OG) and the Three-Part Drill into any setting, you’re in the right place. OG works beautifully in classrooms, kitchen table learning, micro-schools, tutoring pods, and even virtual sessions.
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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. -
What’s the Difference In Orton-Gillingham, Science of Reading, LETRS, and IMSE?
Hint: Not as much as you think. While teaching Orton-Gillingham (OG), I often come across other approaches like the Science of Reading, LETRS, and IMSE. At first, I wondered: Are these all different programs? Do I need to learn them all? But once I began digging into the details, I realized something important—they’re all speaking…
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Diverse Canvases: Artistic Adventures for Kids Who Learn Differently
Kids with learning disabilities often thrive in the arts, fostering creativity and self-esteem. Let’s look at a few ways to unlock their talents – and maybe yours too! Orton Gillingham for All Guest Post.
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Rabbit Words List and VCCV Syllable Division Help
Syllable division is used in the Orton Gillingham approach to help students break down multi-syllable words into smaller more digestible bites to read easier, spell easier, and retain words for easier recall.
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12 Tutoring and Teaching Hurdles and How to Turn Them Into Wins
12 ways to help keep teaching and tutoring on track. 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 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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Vowel Teams Explained
Ever wondered why rain, boat, and light don’t follow the same vowel rules? That’s the magic (and challenge) of vowel teams — two or more letters working together to make one sound. Teaching them doesn’t have to be tricky. First, we introduce each team, their sounds, and the keywords that help students remember them. Then…
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Encoding and Decoding Made Simple: Build Strong Reading and Spelling Foundations
Unlocking the mysteries of reading and writing begins with encoding and decoding. In Orton-Gillingham, encoding and decoding are the backbone of the approach. Let’s shine a light on encoding and decoding by looking at the difference between these concepts, and check out some activities that you can do with students. Teaching Encoding/Decoding The Orton-Gillingham approach…
