Blog: Orton-Gillingham Weekly

Multisensory Monday: Listening Centers

Posted by Brainspring on 16th Feb 2015

Hi everyone, Welcome to Multisensory Monday!  I’m bringing you another idea from on the road…well, on the plane to be exact, so I had to get creative and come up with an idea that doesn’t need any sup … read more

Multisensory Monday: Fly Swatting Y as Long i

Posted by Brainspring on 9th Feb 2015

Hi everyone, Welcome to Multisensory Monday! If you haven’t already, please go watch last Thursday’s video post about better options than mandatory retention for ensuring 3rd graders can m … read more

Multisensory Monday- Snow Blow for Long-O Words

Posted by Brainspring on 1st Feb 2015

Hi everyone, It is a very snowy Multisensory Monday here in Michigan.  Yup, that’s a picture of my backyard.  Between yesterday and today, I was out there with the snow blower 5 times!  5! All t … 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

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

Become a Better Teacher in 2015

Posted by Brainspring on 4th Jan 2015

Hi everyone, Happy New Year!  I’m sure you noticed the blog got a makeover!  I’m hoping the new look attracts some attention because 2015 is going to be about growth: more sharing, more ways to partic … read more