The C & G Rule, How to Teach It, and 10 Activities for Individual and Group Lessons
How to Teach Short Vowel Rules and 19 Activities to Help
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...
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
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...