Fresh Ideas for Using Decodable Sentences
Decodable text is written in such a way that it contains very few if any unknown concepts. It uses known syllable patterns, phonemes, and learned…
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Tips for Teaching Nonsense Words
What are nonsense words? Nonsense words are words that follow the patterns and rules of English, but are not actual words. Just like real words,…
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Simple Outdoor Literacy Activities to Boost Skills Over the Summer
I still get a bit of the thrill of anticipation that I did as a child looking forward to summer vacation. However, this break from…
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What Does Explicit, Systematic, and Sequential Teaching Look Like?
I’m digging into specific principles of the Orton-Gillingham approach. Three words are key to describing some of the principles that define Orton-Gillingham. Instruction is explicit,…
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Voiced and Voiceless Sounds in The English Language
Have you ever noticed students having difficulty not only with visually similar letters such as b and d, but also having difficulty with letter sounds…
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Difficulties Evolve into Doors: The HOPE for students with Dyscalculia
You may come here for literacy tips, but today we are talking about math, so put your hats on! Adrianne Meldrum at Made For Math…
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What’s So Important About the Alphabetic Principle?
What is the alphabetic principle? To start, let’s come to a common understanding of what we mean by the alphabetic principle. This is not just…
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Tips for Starting Your Own Orton-Gillingham Tutoring Business
You may have been thinking about starting your own Orton-Gillingham tutoring business, but you’re not really sure. Where do you even begin? Students who need…
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Five Reasons To Believe In The Orton-Gillingham Approach
If you do an online search for reading interventions, your head will start to spin. The marketplace is full of products, programs and philosophies of…
