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.
In Orton Gillingham (or any structured literacy approach), we love RULES! Short vowel rules are some of the first taught, starting with the FLOSS rule and getting more advanced as we go through the scope and sequence. There are four short vowel rules. This video is an overview of all four rules. Watch on YouTube:…
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…
The best part of using Orton Gillingham to teach or tutor is that there are spelling rules and they are clearly defined. For the Short Vowel Rules, there is the FLOSS, “CH” Rule, “J” Rule, and “K” Rule. Today, we are going to talk about strategies for teaching “J” Rule. Typically, Short Vowel Rule words…
One of the best parts of using Orton-Gillingham, Science of Reading, or LETRS is that all three approaches rely on rules to teach both reading and spelling. When it comes to short vowel rules, there are four you will typically teach: Here, we are focusing on the FLOSS Rule and how to teach it. FLOSS…
My most recent posts covered the Short Vowel Rules in Orton Gillingham. Today I would like to give an overview of all four of these rules. I will also provide a practice worksheet and a quiz on these rules. Now that you have seen all four rules, grouping them together as “Short Vowel Rules” should…
This week we will cover the last of the Short Vowel Rules in Orton Gillingham. So far, we have made it through FLOSS, “K” Rule, and the “J” Rule. The fourth and final short vowel rule is the “CH” Rule. The “CH” Rule says: -tch is used after one short vowel at the end of…
Following in the path of my post last week, today we cover the third of four Short Vowel Rules in Orton Gillingham. It is the “J” Rule. So far, we have covered FLOSS and the “K” Rule . The “J” rule says: -dge is used after one short vowel at the end of a one…
Once students understand the K (-ck) Rule, the next step is to give them plenty of opportunities to apply it in reading and spelling. The K Rule tells us: When you hear /k/ at the end of a one-syllable word after one short vowel, use -ck. Examples: But knowing the rule and applying it are…
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