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:…
My most recent posts covered the Short Vowel Rules in Orton Gillingham. Today I would like to give an overview of all four of these rules. I will also provide a practice worksheet and a quiz on these rules. Now that you have seen all four rules, grouping them together as “Short Vowel Rules” should…
Today’s topic is FLOSS, and I’m not talking about teeth here. FLOSS is a helpful reminder to a short vowel rule that says: double f, l and s after a short vowel at the end of a ONE SYLLABLE word. This concept is taught in mainstream methods, but calling it FLOSS is something done in…
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