ORTON-GILLINGHAM WEEKLY

Vowel Intensives are used to practice difficult sounds. It is a mini-review of any miscued sounds in the 3-part drill. (Vowel intensives can also be used when miscues occur in dictation words and sent … read more

Story of the Vowels in Alphabet LandThe vowels: a, e, i, o, u, and y were the most popular in the land. You couldn’t make a word without them. However, there was one vowel that could do something spec … read more

Some students have difficulty identifying short vowel sounds and need additional practice. This is a short game to practice with those sounds.Materials: -Short Vowel List-Short Vowel Race Board -Crayo … read more

A syllable is one unit of sound. Learning syllables involves chunking sounds together in words. This helps the student sound out words when reading. Syllabication can also assist with decoding allowin … read more

Many people believe that childhood literacy begins around the time a child enters school, but preparation for literacy actually begins prior to the start of elementary school. Some might think then th … read more

It Takes a Village  After more than twenty years of teaching, and several school closures, I found myself at a little school in the inner-city that felt like time had stopped. They still had the origi … read more