How do you start Orton Gillingham lessons with a student? The answer starts with Drill Cards. All OG lessons start with drill cards. In Orton Gillingham, the “Jewel Box” is an important tool for holding these cards. According to the OG Manual, the “Jewel Box” (or Jewel Case) got its name from children, and the…
If you’re teaching short vowels using the Orton Gillingham approach, this guide has some direction and ideas for you. Let’s walk through effective strategies to help your students not only understand short vowels but also retain and use their knowledge. Start with Phonemic Awareness Developing a student’s phonemic awareness and the ability to clearly hear…
Before we teach a syllable type in Orton-Gillingham, we first teach the vowel sound deeply on its own. For example, we don’t jump into closed syllables before students understand short vowels. We spend time helping students hear, read, write, and recognize those vowel sounds through drill cards, blending activities, tracing, dictation, and sound work. Then…
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…
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