20+ Tips for Supporting Executive Function Skills at Home
Executive function refers to a set of brain-based cognitive processes that help us to plan, regulate our behavior, and achieve our goals. Depending on where…
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3 Tips for Maximizing Dictation
Dictation is an important part of each Orton-Gillingham lesson. It is when everything comes together. Dictation is the You Do portion of the gradual release…
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Early Literacy Tips to Support Language Development at Home
When we talk about language or English Language Arts and dyslexia, we are most often referring to reading and writing. But truly, language encompasses more….
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Memberships for Educators: Which is Right for You?
I know so many educators who are looking for more support. They’ll often ask me for my opinion about what different memberships and PD opportunities…
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How is Orton-Gillingham Diagnostic and Prescriptive?
All who are trained in Orton-Gillingham have something in common and that is that we follow this specific set of principles of the approach. These…
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5 Tips for Ensuring Effective Routines in Orton-Gillingham Lessons
Routines are an important part of Orton-Gillingham instruction for a number of reasons. Time is a precious commodity when working with students with dyslexia. Routines…
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Tips for Teaching the Y Rule
The suffixing rules represent a challenging but important set of spelling generalizations. They allowed students to write a wide variety of sentences using the full…
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Tips for Teaching the Drop E Rule
A particularly challenging, but important, set of spelling generalizations are the suffixing rules. They are important for students to be able to write using more…
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Holiday Wishlist: Gifts for Structured Literacy Teachers
If your partner, parent, child, sibling, or dear friend is a dedicated and hard-working structured literacy teacher or tutor, you may be searching for thoughtful…
