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This blends pack for Final S Blends has the multisensory phonics materials you need to teach Final S Blends. It is suitable for reading intervention, structured literacy programs, and Orton-Gillingham instruction.
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Many struggling readers need explicit phonics instruction to become proficient readers. This is a bundle for teaching initial blends and final blends and practicing blending drills with consonant blends. It is suitable for Orton-Gillingham lesson plans, distance learning, online tutoring, structured literacy programs, and other reading interventions. It is compatible with Orton-Gillingham methods.
This VCE Long E resource has 21 pages for a Long E-E vowel practice. It is compatible with Orton-Gillingham lesson plans and may also be used in small groups or as whole class instruction with a multisensory approach.
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VCCV words are usually the first ones you teach in your Orton-Gillingham lesson plans. These word lists are a bit easier for students because you’ve already taught closed syllables. You may even refer to these words as Rabbit Rule words. Today, I will discuss a fun way to make learning VCCV words a bit more…
For many years, those of us who work with striving readers and writers have known that certain strategies or techniques, like repeated practice, are effective, but we haven’t really been able to tell WHY. We’ve known that students with dyslexia often have a pattern of areas of weakness in their psychological testing. We have theories…
I’m digging into specific principles of the Orton-Gillingham approach. Three words are key to describing some of the principles that define Orton-Gillingham. Instruction is explicit, systematic, and sequential. While these principles are crucial for your students with dyslexia or learning challenges, they also constitute powerful teaching for most of your learners. In another post, I…
When you’re the parent of a child with a diagnosis like dyslexia, everything can feel overwhelming. Relief over finally having answers and a plan for helping your child can swiftly turn into a feeling of being unprepared. Parents often find themselves faced with an abundance of new information, unfamiliar terms in both legalese and “teacherese”…
With summer break quickly approaching, it’s time to take a look at the dangers of the “summer slide”. The summer slide is a term used to describe the learning loss that occurs during the summer vacation. Struggling students are particularly at risk of losing ground in their quest to become fluent readers. The statistics are…
Do you have an older, struggling reader or writer? Here are some useful APPS for older struggling readers and writers. As your students become older and the demands on them in the classroom increase. The role of technology moves from a tool for practice and skill reinforcement, to that of assistive technology. Assistive technology is…