Orton-Gillingham

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,…

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…

The Organized Orton-Gillingham Teacher: Part One
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The Organized Orton-Gillingham Teacher: Part One

Kids with dyslexia also often struggle with organization. Why? Well, it probably doesn’t come as a surprise to you that many of our students struggle with organizational skills. In addition to affecting reading and writing, dyslexia often impacts working memory and executive functioning skills. Check out this video for a preview of some helpful executive…

How is Orton-Gillingham Diagnostic and Prescriptive?

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 principles are the interwoven thread and commonality between everyone trained in Orton-Gillingham.  In a previous post, I covered What does Explicit, Systematic and Sequential Teaching Look Like? All of these…

Benefits of An Orton Gillingham Teacher Training Practicum
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Benefits of An Orton Gillingham Teacher Training Practicum

The world of Orton-Gillingham teacher training programs can be a bit confusing for those who are new on the scene. Although there are numerous training programs that are based on Orton Gillingham, what is sometimes referred to as “straight Orton Gillingham” is not a program, but a group of principles underlying the practice of teaching…

Effective Ways to Promote The Transfer of Learning
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Effective Ways to Promote The Transfer of Learning

Tyler’s classroom teacher shows you his latest writing assignment. He scored 100% on his latest posttest on structured literacy concepts, but his writing sample is full of errors. Despite all the practice on the k/ck spelling rule, he has not applied it here even once. You pop into Camryn’s classroom during reading time and despite…

What Does Explicit, Systematic, and Sequential Teaching Look Like?
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What Does Explicit, Systematic, and Sequential Teaching Look Like?

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…