Have you ever had a student sound out a word correctly, only to get stuck on the exact same word later? Let’s use map. The student looks at the word, gives you /m/ /?/ /p/, blends it together, and says map. Yay! They read it. Then map shows up again later… and they’re back to…
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!
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.
From Orton Gillingham Coaching The Reading Consonant Deck is the first deck used in Orton-Gillingham. This video explains the whole deck — going through each card and keywords. 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. Watch on…
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…
Consonant Fact #1 21 Consonants are: b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q(u), r, s, t, v, w, x, y, z Consonant Fact #2 Consonants never say their name (except in words like x-ray). Consonant Fact #3 Most consonants have one sound. Consonant Fact #4 Five consonants have more…
Often in phonics, we talk about letters and the sounds they make. For example, the letter d says /d/ as in dog. That’s familiar and expected. What I had never been taught before learning Orton Gillingham, however, was how to spell a sound. This concept—spelling sounds versus reading sounds—is a powerful (and overlooked) lesson in…
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