Blog: Orton-Gillingham Weekly

Journey to Becoming an Orton Gillingham Tutor

Posted by Brainspring on 26th Jan 2015

Hi everyone, This Monday is something special instead of a multisensory activity.  This Monday, Dite and I decided to write guest posts for each others’ blogs about why we do what we do.  Out of … read more

Multisensory Monday- Go Fish Reading Game

Posted by Brainspring on 19th Jan 2015

Hi everyone, Welcome to Mutisensory Monday!  My activity today is a cute game I put together for one of my own students last week as an interactive activity for teaching the letter f.  Our keyword for … read more

When You Need Small Groups for Reading Instruction

Posted by Brainspring on 14th Jan 2015

Hi everyone, Does this situation sound familiar? The whole class is at the carpet going through the Three Part Drill, or beginning any sort of reading program.  A quarter of the class is on top of thi … read more

Short Vowel Activities to Get Students Moving

Posted by Brainspring on 12th Jan 2015

Vowel Intensive The short vowel activities in the video are fantastic adaptations to the basic Vowel Intensive in Phonics First.  A Vowel Intensive asks the students to focus on differentiating betwe … read more

Kicking Off Teach Chat

Posted by Brainspring on 7th Jan 2015

Hi everyone, Today’s a big day… Teach Chat begins!  I can’t wait to dive into reading, discussing and sharing The Smartest Kids in the World  with you.  I’ve had the book over a week now, and it’s bee … read more