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Activities to Make Schwa Fun and Engaging

Understanding and recognizing schwa is crucial for students, as it often plays a big role in pronouncing and accenting words. What is Schwa? The schwa sound is one of the most common sounds in the English language. It’s represented by the upside-down lowercase "e" (?). It occurs when a vowel in an unstressed syllable is reduced...

4 Ways to Cope with b and d Confusion

Most tutors and teachers of Orton Gillingham have a student (or 10!) that confuse “b” and “d.” It’s a common challenge for kids, but throw in a dyslexia diagnosis, and it gets even harder. There are several strategies to use to help students overcome this issue. Why Is It Common to Confuse b and d? The...

6 Easy Steps to Spelling Better: SOS Spelling Technique

https://youtu.be/8rf-2G0oOhE 6 Easy Steps to Spelling Better: SOS Spelling Technique Spelling can be a challenge for both kids and adults but throw in a word that makes no sense phonetically, (especially when you are teaching phonics!), and it can throw students for a loop. Simultaneous Oral Spelling (SOS Technique) can be a spelling-lifesaver. It’s used in...

How to Teach Consonant LE Syllable Pattern from Orton Gillingham Coaching

https://youtu.be/ztm72bi9iPo Orton Gillingham Coaching: Teaching Consonant LE Syllables, Tools & Strategies In Orton Gillingham we learn to use Syllable Types to label syllables. Eventually, this leads to syllable division. Consonant + LE is the fifth syllable pattern you teach in Orton Gillingham in the REVLOC system of syllable patterns. Consonant + LE Syllable Pattern The Consonant LE Syllable...

REVLOC Game Online, Fun with Syllable Division

Syllable labeling and division is a major foundation of the Orton Gillingham approach. I posted, April 2020, a REVLOC game with a printout that you could cut out and have students sort syllables. Now, with many kids learning from home, I created a sorting game online. https://www.flippity.net/ma.php?k=1Fb5Sk5wEpfq4MPN-HpSjPpFaYggAUm1aDKEpaaoyAWM How To Play The colored blocks (at the bottom...

Feel the Flow with Fluency Stories

Fluency stories are important in all phonics and reading programs, not just Orton Gillingham, and if you are an educator reading this post, I don’t need to tell you all the stats and reasons. I would like to say that in Orton Gillingham I love to use fluency stories to reinforce rules, introduce new...

REVLOC Syllable Sorting Game

REVLOC Sorting Cutout If you want to do something with a student that feels like a game, sorting syllables is a fun way to get going. There aren’t many rules. I have attached a cutout to this post for download. You can print it, cut it out and get started. You can also make more...

Why does Orton Gillingham work? And, A Few Tips!

Why does Orton Gillingham work? The Orton Gillingham method is used to teach reading, writing and spelling. It’s not a “fast” approach to learning – it’s a thorough approach. Orton Gillingham starts with the most basic part of language, the phoneme, the smallest unit of sound, and teaches all the sounds the letter makes – that’s right, many letters...

Tips and Games

Activities to Make Schwa Fun and Engaging

4 Ways to Cope with b and d Confusion

6 Easy Steps to Spelling Better: SOS Spelling Technique

How to Teach Consonant LE Syllable Pattern from Orton Gillingham Coaching

REVLOC Game Online, Fun with Syllable Division

Feel the Flow with Fluency Stories

REVLOC Syllable Sorting Game

Why does Orton Gillingham work? And, A Few Tips!

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