Checking for Mastery In Orton-Gillingham Lessons
Teaching to mastery is one of the most important considerations when teaching your students with dyslexia. Striving readers and writers very often find the class…
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Practical Tips for Orton-Gillingham Lessons When Tutoring Online
For our students with dyslexia, the specialized instruction they get through Orton-Gillingham lessons is extra important. With a little creativity and flexibility, delivering effective Orton-Gillingham…
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How to Teach Schwa A – Part One Schwa Vowels
Schwa vowels can be puzzling to children and adults at first. Breaking down schwa sounds by groups can be helpful. Starting with schwa a sounds…
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Progress Monitoring Tips for Your Orton-Gillingham Lessons
Want to learn how to monitor your Orton-Gillingham lessons? Here are some useful tips. The data-driven world of education can sometimes feel overwhelming. But with…
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Why English Isn’t Crazy and The Resources To Support It
As teachers of structured literacy, we soon discover that English is more logical than it appears at first, but that isn’t always the popular opinion…
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A Structured Literacy Approach: How to Help Your School With Making The Transition
One challenge that structured literacy practitioners face in their work is isolation and frustration with how to share their knowledge in a way that will…
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7 Techniques for Building Independence During Orton-Gillingham Lessons
By keeping your focus on promoting independence, it encourages the gradual release of responsibility. This is a developmentally appropriate way to teach. Building independence during…
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Phonemes, Graphemes, and Morphemes: What’s the Difference?
The science of teaching reading can sound like a foreign language, especially when you are first learning about Orton-Gillingham or Structured Literacy instruction. While you…
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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…
