Blog: Orton-Gillingham Weekly

Automaticity is Essential

Automaticity is Essential

Posted by Brainspring on 26th Mar 2019

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 to the point of … read more
Multisensory Monday: Vowel Spin and Say

Multisensory Monday: Vowel Spin and Say

Posted by Tammi Brandon on 25th Mar 2019

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
Multisensory Monday: Color-by-Vowel-Team!

Multisensory Monday: Color-by-Vowel-Team!

Posted by Stephanie Castillo on 18th Mar 2019

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
Multisensory Monday: Zebra Puzzle Flip

Multisensory Monday: Zebra Puzzle Flip

Posted by Julie Wright on 11th Mar 2019

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