Blog: Orton-Gillingham Weekly

Autumn Word Leaves- Multisensory Monday

Posted by Brainspring on 18th Oct 2015

Looking out my front door. Hi everyone, Welcome to Multisensory Monday! Today’s activity was inspired by my front yard on this beautiful fall day in Michigan. My husband spent all afternoon Friday rak … read more

Teachers Should Stop Doing This One Thing

Posted by Brainspring on 15th Oct 2015

Hi everyone, I’ve been having a fantastic week coaching teachers I trained in Phonics First over the summer. I love getting to see teachers who were sitting in my class in their own classrooms teachin … read more

Multisensory Monday- Scary Vocabulary

Posted by Brainspring on 4th Oct 2015

designed by freepik.com Hi everyone, Welcome to Multisensory Monday! Wish me luck- I’m attempting to post this from my iPad since I’m on the road without my usual computer. Now getting this post up fe … read more

Are Predictable Books Helpful or Harmful?

Posted by Brainspring on 24th Sep 2015

Hi everyone, This is a question I found myself asking this week after watching an eye-opening video by Spelfabet called, “What’s wrong with predictable or repetitive texts?” I highly encourage you to … read more

Roll Out Sounds- Multisensory Monday

Posted by Brainspring on 21st Sep 2015

Hi everyone, Welcome to Multisensory Monday! Today’s activity is another one that can be used for almost any phonics skill. Students will be working on vocabulary and phonics as they stretch their bra … read more
Teaching Red Words to Older Students

Teaching Red Words to Older Students

Posted by Brainspring on 17th Sep 2015

What Red Words (Sight Words) do my Older Students Need? I want to share a question about teaching Red Words to Older Students. This year she is using Structures® with her older students, 6-8th graders … read more