Blog: Orton-Gillingham Weekly

Why Automaticity is an Essential in Learning

Why Automaticity is an Essential in Learning

Posted by Brainspring on 26th Mar 2019

Automaticity is a term that is frequently used when talking about phonics instruction and developing fluency. In Phonics First and Structures, our goal is for students to master skills … read more
Multisensory Monday: Vowel Spin and Say

Multisensory Monday: Vowel Spin and Say

Posted by Tammi Brandon on 24th Mar 2019

Put those fidget spinners to good use in your classroom or tutoring sessions and help students master recently introduced or troublesome sounds with this simple, fun activity. In this activity, we pra … read more
Multisensory Monday: Color-by-Vowel-Team!

Multisensory Monday: Color-by-Vowel-Team!

Posted by Stephanie Castillo on 17th Mar 2019

A vowel team is a group of letters that work together to make a single vowel sound. Usually, the vowel sound created is long, as in -oa, but vowel teams can also make a short vowel sound, as /ea/ in b … read more
Multisensory Monday: Zebra Puzzle Flip

Multisensory Monday: Zebra Puzzle Flip

Posted by Julie Wright on 10th Mar 2019

Turn a plain, old dollar store puzzle into an easy multisensory activity to help your students practice with any letter sound. I created this activity for /z/ but you can select a puzzle picture for a … read more