Teach Reading with Orton-Gillingham: Early Reading Skills: A Companion Guide with Dictation Activities, Decodable Passages, and Other Supplemental Materials for Struggling Readers and Students with Dyslexia

by Kristina Smith, Heather MacLeod-Vidal

Overview

Make reading easy and fun for early elementary readers with this ready-to-use book packed full of proven Orton-Gillingham (OG) reading resources.

Whether you’re a teacher or parent of a struggling reader or a child with dyslexia, you can get help with this book of Orton-Gillingham strategies intended to improve phonetic knowledge and fluency for early readers.

Designed as a supplemental text to Teach Reading with Orton-Gillingham but easy to use with any robust phonics program, this book includes tons of activities for your students to overcome their difficulties with reading. It consists of five units that include decoding and encoding practice using the major tenets of Orton-Gillingham: explicit, systematic, individualized phonics practice with multisensory practice and delivery. Each lesson will offer either letter identification or spelling practice (writing or letter tiles); word cards (small flashcards) for word sorts; and letter, word, or sentence dictation. Also included in each lesson is a teacher’s guide, along with helpful tips, verbal/listening activities, and easy-to-follow instructions.

Created by literacy specialists and educators, this teacher-friendly guide will bring more OG strategies to your classroom today!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781646044054
Publisher:	Ulysses Press
Publication date:	12/13/2022
Pages:	152
Sales rank:	40,919
Product dimensions:	8.60(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Kristina Smith is an educator and former clinical therapist with more than 15 years of experience teaching and tutoring children with learning challenges. Trained in the Orton-Gillingham method and having developed educational materials that support it, she coauthored two books, Teach Reading with Orton-Gillingham and Teach Reading with Orton-Gillingham: Early Reading Skills, and continues to explore and develop new teaching methods in a variety of study areas. Kristina is originally from the Washington, DC, area, but moved to Florida to earn her bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of South Florida and, later, her master’s degree in social work from Florida State University. Currently, Kristina resides in Panama City Beach, Florida, with her husband. To learn more about Kristina and fellow coauthor Heather MacLeod-Vidal’s resources for struggling readers, please visit their website TreetopsEducation.com or search Treetops Educational Interventions on Teachers Pay Teachers.

Heather MacLeod-Vidal is a former teacher, tutor, educational business owner, and coauthor of Teach Reading with Orton-Gillingham. She currently works as a literacy specialist to support students with dyslexia and other learning differences in a Tampa Bay area school. She has a degree in elementary education from the University of Tampa and is endorsed in reading, ESOL, and exceptional student education. She is passionate about teaching all children to read. She lives in Gulfport, Florida, with her husband, two children, and a variety of rescue animals.

Table of Contents

Introduction 9

Unit 1 Consonants, Consonant Digraphs, and Short Vowels 15

Lesson 1 Consonants p & b 17

Lesson 2 Consonants t & d 19

Lesson 3 Consonants k & g 21

Lesson 4 Short i 23

Lesson 5 Consonants f & v 26

Lesson 6 Short e 29

Lesson 7 Consonants s & z 32

Lesson 8 Short a 35

Lesson 9 Consonants and Digraph ch & j 38

Lesson 10 Consonants m & n 41

Lesson 11 Short o 44

Lesson 12 Consonants and Digraph w, h, & wh 47

Lesson 13 Consonants l & r 50

Lesson 14 Short u 53

Spelling Rule c, k, & -ck 56

Lesson 15 Consonant x 58

Lesson 16 Consonant y 60

Lesson 17 Digraph qu 62

Lesson 18 Soft th & Hard th 64

Lesson 19 Consonant Digraphs sh & zsh 67

Spelling Rule The Doubling Rule ff, ss, ll, & zz 70

Spelling Rule Plural Spelling Rule -s, -es, & -lves 72

Unit 2 Blends and Glued Sounds 74

Lesson 1 Initial 2-Letter Blends 76

Lesson 2 Initial 3-Letter Blends 79

Lesson 3 Final Blends 82

Spelling Rule -ct Ending 85

Spelling Rule -ch/-tch 87

Lesson 4 Glued Sounds -am & -an 89

Lesson 5 Glued Sounds -al & -all 92

Lesson 6 Glued Sound -ng 95

Lesson 7 Glued Sound -nk 98

Unit 3 Closed Syllables 101

Lesson 1 Compound Words 103

Lesson 2 Closed Syllables VCCV & VCCCV 106

Lesson 3 Closed Syllables VC/V 109

Lesson 4 Closed-Syllable Exceptions 112

Spelling Rule 1-1-1 Rule 115

Unit 4 Silent e 117

Lesson 1 Magic e: aCe 119

Lesson 2 Magic e: iCe & oCe 123

Lesson 3 Magic e: eCe & uCe 126

Lesson 4 Multisyllabic Silent e 128

Spelling Rule -ive Exception 131

Spelling Rule e-Drop Rule 133

Unit 5 Vowel Teams 135

Lesson 1 Vowel Teams ee & ea 137

Lesson 2 Vowel Teams ai & ay 141

Lesson 3 Vowel Teams oa & oe 144

Lesson 4 Vowel Teams ue, ui, & ie 147

About the Authors 151