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…
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…
Watch on YouTube: How to Teach Schwa from Orton Gillingham Coaching Understanding schwa can be hard for students and tricky for teachers and tutors to explain. This video has an explanation of schwa with how and when to teach it as well as activities. Want more? A full article is here: Activities to Make Schwa…
Understanding and recognizing schwa is crucial for students, as it often plays a big role in pronouncing and accenting words. What is Schwa? The schwa sound is one of the most common sounds in the English language. It’s represented by the upside-down lowercase “e.” It occurs when a vowel in an unstressed syllable is reduced…
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 –…
Spelling can be a challenge for both kids and adults, but throw in a word that makes no sense phonetically (especially when you are teaching phonics!), and it can throw students for a loop. Simultaneous Oral Spelling (SOS Technique) can be a spelling-lifesaver. It’s used in multi-sensory learning approaches like Orton Gillingham. Watch on YouTube:…
If you’ve already read my article explaining what Consonant-LE is, this video picks up with the next question: How do you actually teach it? Below is the lesson sequence I use with students. It starts with recognizing the pattern, then moves into reading, spelling, syllable division, and connected text. From Orton Gillingham Coaching Watch on…
From Orton Gillingham Coaching Watch on YouTube: What Cards Are In the Reading Consonant Deck from Orton Gillingham Coaching #phonics #education What is a reading consonant? A reading consonant is when you ask what sound(s) letter or letter combinations make. For example, b says /b/, it only makes that one sound. But, g can make…
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…
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