12 ways to help keep teaching and tutoring on track. 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!
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.
Orton Gillingham is an effective approach to learning the English language because it has rules to help remember why something happens the way it happens. Short vowel rules are some of the first taught in OG. There are four of these rules – FLOSS, “K” Rule, “CH” Rule, and “J” Rule. Something to remember going…
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…
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:…
Most students learn that -ed is a past tense ending… but then quickly get confused. Why does jumped sound different from loved?And why does painted suddenly have two syllables? The answer is simple—but it has to be taught clearly. The suffix -ed actually has three different sounds: /t/, /d/, and /ed/ (or /?d/). Once students…
From Orton Gillingham Coaching Watch on YouTube: Teaching Open Syllables, Tools and Strategies from Orton Gillingham Coaching Teaching Open Syllables, Tools & Strategies Open Syllable is the third syllable pattern you teach in Orton Gillingham in the REVLOC system of syllable patterns. Open Syllable Pattern The Open Syllable pattern is CV or V – Consonant,…
From Orton Gillingham Coaching Teaching Magic-E (Silent E) Syllables, Tools & Strategies Magic E is the second syllable pattern you teach in Orton Gillingham in the REVLOC system of syllable patterns. Magic E Syllable Pattern The Magic E pattern is VCE – Vowel, Consonant, Silent E at the end. The silent E makes the vowel…
Scope & Sequence: The Way to See the Macro & Micro of Structured Literacy In any subject, when it’s comprehensive, like teaching the English language, you want a guide that shows the entire scope of teaching, along with the order you should teach that subject. It’s helpful to see it as a whole. In the…
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