Blog: Orton-Gillingham Weekly

Multisensory Monday: Super Bowl Skill Review

Posted by Julie Wright on 27th Jan 2020

Does anyone have some football fans in their class? In need of reviewing some phonics lessons? With the Super Bowl right around the corner, why not have some football fun with your students?! HereR … read more

Multisensory Monday: "I'm Going to a Picnic"

Posted by Brainspring on 16th Dec 2019

 Even though picnic season seems so far away, we can still dream! In today's Multisensory Monday activity, students listen and identify a pattern in words, which will help them to respond correct … read more

Multisensory Monday: What To Do With Q and U

Posted by Guest Blogger on 8th Dec 2019

It is not uncommon to see students spell words such as quick as kwik or squirt as sqwirt. Of course, many readers struggle with the visual differences between the p and q and although there are severa … read more
Multisensory Monday: Slurp Bossy R Sounds

Multisensory Monday: Slurp Bossy R Sounds

Posted by Brainspring on 2nd Dec 2019

When letter r sits next to a vowel, it “bosses it around” to make a completely different sound. This lesson teaches /ur/ but also reviews /er/ and /ir/. Sometimes, we may choose to create a unique key … read more

Multisensory Monday: Tic-Tac-TOE for Vowel Team -OE

Posted by Brainspring on 11th Nov 2019

Happy Monday everyone! This week we have a short and sweet activity that is sure to please any student working towards mastering the vowel team -OE! Make it Multisensory Vowel team -OE is usually plac … read more

Identifying Accented Syllables

Posted by Brainspring on 6th Nov 2019

Understanding how to identify accented syllables is a finer point of language, and should be addressed only after students have mastered phonics. ACCENT, STRESS, AND SCHWA Accent is also known as stre … read more