Multisensory Blends Grab Bag It is sometimes challenging to come up with new and engaging multisensory activities when planning your lessons for blends because there are quite a few of them.  Toady … read more

Our final segment on Orton-Gillingham Lesson Plan Basics will cover the oral reading component. Controlled reading material is utilized for this part of the lesson and gives students practice with the … read more

Does anyone remember good old nursery rhymes from their childhood? Listening, singing, jumping rope and clapping hands to silly chants? Who remembers Hey Diddle Diddle or Hickory Dickory Dock? These s … read more

Today, we are going to practice spelling with -tch. This is a tricky concept because the ‘t’ is silent, so you can only hear the /ch/sound! Let’s practice -tch with a game called Cat … read more

This week’s multisensory activity provides an example of a quick craft an older student might enjoy to practice the root word Therm. Although I was a lower elementary school teacher for several years, … read more

Differentiation involves valuing students as diverse learners and providing them with tools and opportunities suited to them.  Think of differentiating instruction like exercise and fitness. Not every … read more