ORTON-GILLINGHAM WEEKLY

Red Words are learned through repetition and will be mastered with memorization. Students use the 9-step Red Word process to learn the new Red Word and use the Loading and Armtapping tool to retrieve … read more

Red Word instruction is an essential part of every Phonics First® or Structures® lesson. Approximately 15% of the words in English are “non-phonetic” or do not contain regular spelling patterns. These … read more

National Reading Month is going strong here at Brainspring! What is a red word, and what are their origins? How much of our complex English language follows spelling rules compared to these irregular … read more

My students love to play games! When I was a child, one of my favorite games to play was Battleship. Although Battleship has its own educational elements (plot points, strategy), I wanted to make it e … read more

In English, some words follow the rules and are phonetic. Some words do not follow the rules and are not phonetic. A word that does not follow the rules is called a Red Word. In this video, we briefly … read more

Spelling skills are very important to both reading skills and writing skills.  We at Brainspring Orton-Gillingham feel a student has mastered a phonetic concept when the student can both read and spel … read more