Orton Gillingham Coaching: Short Vowels & Strategies for Teaching Them
For our Reading Vowels, we start with short vowels. We have a short vowel deck with pictures to help students associate these first letter sounds with pictures. Watch to learn more tools and teaching strategies for short vowels.
Links from Video:
Links: Scope & Sequence Workbooks (these workbooks contain the mini-cards from the video): https://bit.ly/2YN0XDP
Link to Magnet Sheets (if you want to make magnet cards/strips): https://amzn.to/3lMPD2y
Link to White Board in video: https://amzn.to/3zxk1CL
Link to Paper to make Cards: https://amzn.to/3EKC3We
Drill Card Template (you can make drill cards on your computer): https://bit.ly/3Eb3LuO
About Short Vowels
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Orton Gillingham Coaching: Get to Know the Reading Consonant Deck
The Reading Consonant Deck is the first deck used in Orton Gillingham. This video explains the whole deck -- going through each card and key words. Get to know this deck!
And be sure to check out the links below. There is a free template for creating your own card decks.
Link to FREE Card Template: https://bit.ly/3Eb3LuO
Link to Scope & Sequence Workbooks (these books contain mini-cards to cut out and use): https://bit.ly/2YN0XDP
More Workbook resources: https://bit.ly/3llnvDp
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Orton Gillingham Coaching: Choosing a Jewel Box
OG For All has a new video channel! I hope you will follow along with these videos.
This first video is on choosing a Jewel Box and the Card Decks within the box. Card decks are a cornerstone of Orton Gillingham's multi-sensory approach. They help guide the see it, say it and hear it approach.
Links in this video:
Link to Jewel Box In Video - https://amzn.to/3hpPaBW
Article (with tab explanations) Jewels of Orton Gillingham – https://ogforall.com/jewels-of-orton-gillingham/
Drill Card Template (for Jewel Box Cards) – https://bit.ly/3Eb3LuO
Workbook/Worksheets Store – https://bit.ly/3llnvDp
Link to Workbook Bundle -- Scope & Sequence Book Bundle (4...
Strategies for Teaching Short Vowel Rule: “K” Rule
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 “K” Rule.
Typically, Short Vowel Rule words are simple looking, one-syllable words that come from the Anglo-Saxon language. Words like, sack, dodge, grass, hatch. Longer words are typically Greek or Latin words.
“K” Rule Defined
The “K” Rule says, -ck is after one short vowel at the end of one syllable words to spell “k.”
“K” Rule Strategies
The sound “k”...
Strategies for Teaching Short Vowel Rule: “J” Rule
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 “J” Rule.
Typically, Short Vowel Rule words are simple looking, one-syllable words that come from the Anglo-Saxon language. Words like, sack, dodge, grass, hatch. Longer words are typically Greek or Latin words.
“J” Rule Defined
The “J” Rule says, -dge is used after one short vowel at the end of one syllable words to spell “j.”
“J” Rule Strategies
The sound...
Strategies for Teaching Short Vowel Rule: “CH” Rule
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 that come from the Anglo-Saxon language. Words like, sack, dodge, grass, hatch. Longer words are typically Greek or Latin words.
“CH” Rule Defined
The “CH” Rule says, -tch is used after one short vowel at the end of one syllable words to spell “ch.”
“CH” Rule Strategies
The sound...
Strategies for Teaching Short Vowel Rule: FLOSS Rule
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 Rule, “CH Rule,” “J Rule,” and “K Rule.” Here we are going to talk about strategies for teaching FLOSS.
Typically, Short Vowel Rule words are simple looking, one-syllable words that come from the Anglo-Saxon language. Words like, sack, dodge, grass, hatch. Longer words are typically Greek or Latin words.
FLOSS Rule Defined
The Floss Rule says, Double the f, l, and s at the end of one-syllable words following a short vowel.
FLOSS Strategies
Depending on the age...
Hey, Orton Gillingham, Where Do I Start?
Where do we start?
One question I think many tutors and teachers have when beginning Orton Gillingham as a teaching approach with students is, Where do I start?
It’s a very reasonable question!
My answer would be, start at the beginning. The reason for starting at the beginning is that Orton Gillingham is a sequential and cumulative approach – each part of the Scope & Sequence builds on the next. If you skip something, you may not realize a student doesn’t know it. Even an older student.
For example, if you do not start at the beginning by pulling your consonant reading deck...
Sound Spelling Versus Sound Reading
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 a consonant reading deck with a student they will use an s two ways, as two sounds, /s/ or /z/.
The s can make two sounds, /s/ and /z/.
Sound reading is asking, what sounds does this letter (or letter combination) make?
Ideas to drill sound reading
To drill sound reading, use...
Go Bananas for Schwa
I’ve written about Schwa before, but I’m seeing a lot of questions around this topic so I want to take a deeper dive into the topic of Schwa.
What is a Schwa?
Schwa is a term used when a vowel takes on (or gets “swallowed up” by) the “uh” (?) sound. Any vowel can do this and some vowel combinations make the sound as well, for example, doctor (the or takes on a schwa sound) or dollar, (the ar is a schwa).
Schwa is represented with an upside-down e.
Because any a, e, i, o, u, or y can make this sound, and...