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Wild Old Kind Words: Why These Words Break the Rules (and How to Teach Them)
You may have already taught closed syllables — the idea that when a vowel is “closed in” by consonants, it usually makes a short sound. And most of the time, that works. But then you run into words like old, find, or wild… and suddenly the rule doesn’t seem to apply anymore. These are often…
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Orton-Gillingham for Every Setting: Home, Pods, Classrooms, and Tutoring
If you’ve been curious about how to bring Orton-Gillingham (OG) and the Three-Part Drill into any setting, you’re in the right place. OG works beautifully in classrooms, kitchen table learning, micro-schools, tutoring pods, and even virtual sessions.
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What Is a Three-Part Drill?
What is the 3 Part Drill in Structured Literacy? A Simple Explanation and scripts for teaching students.
The Three-Part Drill is a key component of Orton-Gillingham lessons. It’s a multi-sensory practice that helps students become automatic with the sounds, symbols, and spellings of the English language. -
Super Helpful Tips and Tricks for Teaching Students Accenting
Teachings vary on when beginning accenting is taught. If a student is advanced enough, accenting can start with RABBIT Words, because that’s when we begin teaching multisyllabic words in Orton-Gillingham. Certainly, by the time we arrive at VCV Words on the Scope and Sequence, accenting should be introduced. When students understand where the stress falls…
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Easy Tips and Tricks To Use with Students for Accenting Words (VIDEO)
Teaching Beginning Accenting in Orton Gillingham
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Rabbit Words List and VCCV Syllable Division Help
Syllable division is used in the Orton Gillingham approach to help students break down multi-syllable words into smaller more digestible bites to read easier, spell easier, and retain words for easier recall.
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Syllable Division and How To Divide Words in Structured Literacy
Syllable division is a way of breaking down multi-syllabic words into more digestible parts for easier reading and spelling. We teach syllable types first, then move into syllable division. Orton Gillingham is a phonics, rule-based approach to teaching and learning the English language. Using a scope and sequence makes it a cumulative approach to teaching English,
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What Do You Know About Vowels? You’ll Know More Now. Plus, Know the Vowel Decks! (VIDEO)
Vowels and vowel sounds are the building blocks of the English language. 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.
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What Do You Know About Vowels? Now You Know Much, Much More
We can provide our students with facts to help them recognize and learn more and more about the English Language. Let’s explore some facts about vowels. Orton Gillingham is a phonics, rule-based approach to teaching and learning the English language. Orton Gillingham Training teaches how to use multi-sensory learning to teach all of this and more!
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What Do You Know About Consonants? Now You Know Much More (VIDEO)
Orton Gillingham has rules, which makes it easier to retain information, and luckily, there are also facts to help us remember a few things about consonants. 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.
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What Do You Know About Consonants? Now You Know Much 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.
