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.
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.
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…
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.
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.
Vowel team syllables contain a vowel team and can appear within a word’s beginning, middle, or end. Recognizing these syllables aids students in breaking down and spelling words. The REVLOC system categorizes syllables by type, and teaching involves sorting and labeling exercises. Orton Gillingham’s approach enhances English learning.
Ever wondered why rain, boat, and light don’t follow the same vowel rules? That’s the magic (and challenge) of vowel teams — two or more letters working together to make one sound. Teaching them doesn’t have to be tricky. First, we introduce each team, their sounds, and the keywords that help students remember them. Then…
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…
If you’ve ever wondered how reading and writing really come together, it starts with encoding and decoding. These core skills are at the heart of Orton-Gillingham. In this video, I’ll walk you through the difference between the two, and show you engaging ways to practice them with your students. Teaching Encoding and Decoding (Video) The…
From Orton Gillingham Coaching (Video) Most tutors and teachers of Orton Gillingham have a student (or 10!) that confuse “b” and “d.” It’s a common challenge for kids, but throw in a dyslexia diagnosis, and it gets even harder. There are several strategies to use to help students overcome this issue. Most tutors and teachers…
Practical ways to support CVC blending If a student knows their letter sounds but freezes when it’s time to read words, you’re not alone. This is one of the most common and frustrating early reading roadblocks for teachers, tutors, homeschool families, and parents. At first glance, it can seem simple: They know the sounds –…
From Orton Gillingham Coaching In teaching with structured literacy, there are reasons it’s hard for students to go from isolated sounds to blending. It’s not just incomprehension, it has to do with moving from doing one task, making one sound, to now doing three things, blending three sounds. It’s a jump for younger kids and…
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