In Orton Gillingham (or any structured literacy approach), we love RULES! Short vowel rules are some of the first taught, starting with the FLOSS rule and getting more advanced as we go through the scope and sequence. There are four short vowel rules. This video is an overview of all four rules. Watch on YouTube:…
Orton Gillingham is an effective approach to learning the English language because it has rules to help remember why something happens the way it happens. Short vowel rules are some of the first taught in OG. There are four of these rules – FLOSS, “K” Rule, “CH” Rule, and “J” Rule. Something to remember going…
Today, you’ll gain a birds-eye view into why we are learning REVLOC and how to utilize syllable labeling. What is syllable division? Syllable division is a way to break down words into more digestible pieces for easier reading and spelling. Syllable Types Review – REVLOC There are six syllable types in REVLOC, and the word…
Most students learn that -ed is a past tense ending… but then quickly get confused. Why does jumped sound different from loved?And why does painted suddenly have two syllables? The answer is simple—but it has to be taught clearly. The suffix -ed actually has three different sounds: /t/, /d/, and /ed/ (or /?d/). Once students…
From Orton Gillingham Coaching Watch on YouTube: How Do You Spell a Sound? from Orton Gillingham Coaching #education What Is Sound Reading and Sound Spelling? Sound Reading asks, what does this letter say? Sometimes it says one sound and sometimes it says multiple sounds. Examples: What does S say? S says, /s/ and /z/ as…
One of the questions students often have when spelling is: If I hear /k/, how do I know whether to use c, k, or -ck? The K (-ck) Rule gives students a reliable way to make that decision at the end of many one-syllable words. The rule is: When you hear /k/ at the end…
The best part of using Orton Gillingham to teach or tutor is that there are spelling rules and they are clearly defined. For the Short Vowel Rules, there is the FLOSS, “CH” Rule, “J” Rule, and “K” Rule. Today, we are going to talk about strategies for teaching “J” Rule. Typically, Short Vowel Rule words…
The best part of using Orton Gillingham to teach or tutor is that the rules are clearly defined. For the Short Vowel Rules there is FLOSS, “CH” Rule, “J” Rule, and “K” Rule. Today we are going to talk about strategies for teaching “CH” Rule. Typically, Short Vowel Rule words are simple looking, one-syllable words…
One of the best parts of using Orton-Gillingham, Science of Reading, or LETRS is that all three approaches rely on rules to teach both reading and spelling. When it comes to short vowel rules, there are four you will typically teach: Here, we are focusing on the FLOSS Rule and how to teach it. FLOSS…
Sound Spelling Versus Sound Reading, What’s the Difference? When taking an Orton Gillingham class, as a student or as a teacher, you will have two terms: Reading Consonant & Vowels and Spelling Consonants & Vowels. What’s the difference in the two? It can get a little confusing. Reading Consonant & Vowel Sounds When going through…
I’ve written about schwa before, but it’s a topic that still comes up often with teachers, tutors, and parents. Schwa vowels can feel tricky at first. It’s not complicated, but because it shows up slowly and quietly in words, and schwa vowels don’t always sound the way we expect, even teachers and tutors sometimes get…
Accenting is something that can be taught early in Orton Gillingham, but the advanced rules are for advanced decoding and fall much later in the OG scope and sequence. Accenting is to aid in pronouncing words correctly – that’s the goal. If a student looks a word up in a dictionary (online these days) and…
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