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

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

Welcome to the next post in our series, Orton-Gillingham Lesson Plan Basics! Our last ‘topic’ was on the Three-Part-Drill, the most recent article covering The Blending Drill. If you misse … read more

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

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

Welcome to the next post in our series on Orton-Gillingham lesson plan basics! We have already covered the first two parts of the Three-Part-Drill, the Visual and Auditory Drills. Today, we briefly ou … read more