When a Child Says Decodable Text Is Boring: What Are They Really Trying to Tell Us?
If you’ve worked with struggling readers long enough, you’ve probably heard it: “This is boring.” Sometimes it’s said with a sigh. Or accompanied by a…
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When Decoding Isn’t the Only Struggle: Supporting English Language Learners With Weak Reading Comprehension
If you’ve ever worked with English language learners who struggle to decode and seem completely lost when reading even the shortest decodable text, you know…
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How to Teach Rich Vocabulary While Students Still Read Basic Decodables
A teacher emailed me recently with a question that hits right at the heart of structured literacy and basic decodables. She said (and I’m paraphrasing…
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Why OG Lessons Don’t Introduce a New Concept Every Time
When you’re new to Orton-Gillingham (OG) or structured literacy instruction, you might feel like you have to teach something new in every single lesson. A…
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Tips for Multisyllabic Decodable Passage Practice
There are numerous benefits of using decodable text in our Orton Gillingham lessons. Perhaps the most important is to build a habit of using decoding…
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How To Use Decodable Readers
You may have seen the recommendation to use decodable readers or decodable text with your students, especially early on in their learning. Let’s take a…
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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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The Top 5 Reasons You Should Use Decodable Text With Your Students
One thing that I find myself frequently explaining to parents, students, and other teachers is the rationale for using decodable texts. Students are accustomed to…
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The Best Decodable Books and Decodable Passage Resources
If there is one thing Orton-Gillingham teachers can never have enough of, it is decodable text. Finding books that are highly decodable, engaging for our…
