Blog: Orton-Gillingham Weekly

Multisensory Teaching Techniques for Sight Words

Posted by Brainspring on 16th Jul 2015

Hi everyone, Sight Words, Red Words, Popcorn Words, they go by many names but all teachers and students are familiar with non-phonetic words, those pesky words that don’t follow the usual phonic … read more

Flipping for Nouns and Verbs- Multisensory Monday

Posted by Brainspring on 5th Jul 2015

Designed by Freepik Hi everyone, Welcome to Multisensory Monday!  I hope you had a fun-filled 4th of July weekend! I’m in the blends section of Phonics First Layer 2 with a student right now, which me … read more

Multisensory Monday- Judge when to use -dge

Posted by Brainspring on 28th Jun 2015

Hi everyone, Welcome to Multisensory Monday!  After three fantastic weeks of training teachers in Phonics First, I am home, taking some time to unpack and recharge before I hit the road again. Open En … read more

Multisensory Monday- Sight Word Slap

Posted by Brainspring on 31st May 2015

Hi everyone, Welcome to Multisensory Monday!  The school year is coming to a close and I want to know- what are your summer plans? Are you teaching at a summer program?  If so, what grades? Are you tu … read more

Multisensory Monday- Pictures as Multisensory Tools

Posted by Brainspring on 18th May 2015

Hi everyone, Please forgive me for posting Multisensory Monday on Tuesday this week.  I hope everyone had a great weekend and a wonderful Monday!  Next Monday is Memorial Day, so Dite and I are both t … read more