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Top Benefits of Doodling and Sketching For Literacy Intervention

Top Benefits of Doodling and Sketching For Literacy Intervention

Doodling, sketching, and visual note-taking are powerful learning tools that belong in the classroom! Putting pen or pencil to paper – whether doodling, sketching, or note-taking – while taking in audio information can be used as a mnemonic device. This process connects images with information and significantly increases our ability to remember what we’ve heard….

Frequency of Orton-Gillingham Lessons: Why Students Need More Than One Lesson a Week

Frequency of Orton-Gillingham Lessons: Why Students Need More Than One Lesson a Week

Orton-Gillingham is not a specific program or scope and sequence. Instead, Orton-Gillingham is an approach to teaching reading and spelling. Orton-Gillingham is guided by a set of principles that support structured literacy methodology. Highly trained Orton-Gillingham teachers follow these guiding principles when teaching students. The principles ensure that Orton-Gillingham lessons are systematic and sequential, multisensory,…

The Literacy Nest is an Accredited IACET Provider!

The Literacy Nest is an Accredited IACET Provider!

The Literacy Nest is proud and excited to announce that we are an accredited IACET provider! What is IACET? IACET stands for the International Accreditors of Continuing Education and Training. This organization is responsible for the development of the original Continuing Education Unit (CEU) and the development and maintenance of the ANSI/IACET Standard for Continuing…

Is It Time to Shake Up Your Visual Card Drill?
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Is It Time to Shake Up Your Visual Card Drill?

Is it time to breathe new life into the visual card drill portion of your Orton-Gillingham or structured literacy lessons? After your students become familiar with the card drill routine, it may feel like a mundane task. There are beneficial ways to offer the card drill routine that will not only increase engagement but also…

Nonfiction Decodable Passages for Syllable Types and Syllable Division

Nonfiction Decodable Passages for Syllable Types and Syllable Division

Are you seeking nonfiction decodable readers that also practice syllable types and syllable division? You’ve found them here! This is a collection of 14 nonfiction decodable passages with WITH language and comprehension quick checks! These nonfiction passages focus on one syllable type and syllable division at a time.  Each decodable passage has comprehension and/or language quick…

6 Tips for Finding Orton-Gillingham Practicum Students
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6 Tips for Finding Orton-Gillingham Practicum Students

Finding Orton-Gillingham practicum students may seem intimidating, but it can be quite easy if you’re networking in the right places! What is an Orton-Gillingham Practicum? The O-G practicum is similar in many ways to student teaching. It is a way of putting theory into practice with the support and feedback of a mentor. A practicum…