Is It AU or AW? Spelling Strategies For Vowel Teams
The spelling generalizations for vowels really are cumulative. Although it may take a lot of practice for your students to internalize them, an understanding of…
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Becoming A Structured Literacy Interventionist Using The Orton-Gillingham Approach
The road you take to become a structured literacy interventionist can take many twists and turns throughout your career. Who I am today is certainly…
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Orton-Gillingham Lesson Plans: Tips for Word Lists
When you’re in the middle of Orton-Gillingham training, you learn how to write lesson plans for your students. Part of writing an effective Orton-Gillingham lesson…
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Is it OI or OY? How to Teach This Spelling Generalization
When you’re thinking about spelling a word with OI or OY, location is everything. In some ways, the /oy/ sound is one of the more…
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Spelling Choices for Long O: Tips for Teaching this Spelling Generalization
Some spelling considerations are less about clear rules to follow than frequency and expectations. Such is the case for spelling the long o sound. O-e…
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Is it OU or OW? Tips for Teaching This Two-Part Spelling Generalization
Not all spelling generalizations are as neat and tidy as you might like them to be. Just as the spelling generalizations for the floss rule,…
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Y as a Vowel: Multisensory Spelling Strategies
As part of our spelling generalization blog series, this next post is going to give you the low down on Y as a vowel. Most…
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Is it C or K? How to Teach This Spelling Generalization
Does it start with c or k? A simple spelling generalization that students find very empowering regards the spelling of the initial /k/ sound or…
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Is it AI or AY? Spelling With Long A Vowel Teams
Is it ai or ay? Decisions, decisions. As students expand their knowledge of vowel teams, the number of spelling choices increases. Often, students need some…
