Orton-Gillingham Group: Reading and Spelling Patterns, Rules, Affixes and Roots

In this ongoing course we will practice recognizing, reading and spelling words with various patterns.  We will also continually review and practice important spelling rules.  We will learn prefixes, suffixes and root words.  

Each class will run in the exact same format as to instill confidence and security in the children.  I will follow a lesson plan that includes a visual drill, blending drill, and auditory drill.  Students will have a student response sheet (SRS) in which they will record their responses for the auditory drill and the remaining parts of the lesson.  In each class I will introduce a new skill.  Students will read phonetically fair text and fluency strategies will be employed.  Near the end of each lesson I will teach the students a new memory word (not phonetically fair, must be learned and memorized).  We will practice our new memory word and review our previous red words.  We will use movement methods such as table writing, arm tapping and sky writing to improve chances of the information going into long-term memory.  Our final task will be dictation.  I will dictate one to three phrases or sentences for the children to write.  Students will practice self-editing strategies. If there is time at the end we will play a game or I will tell a joke or give the children a riddle.  

Schedule:
Week of October 4th:  Review of Long E Spelled ey, Syllable Patterns, Long U Vowel Teams: ue, ew
Week of October 11th: Practice with Tricky Vowel Teams oi/oy, au/aw, ou/ow
Week of October 18th: Important Spelling Rules: Doubling Rule, E Drop, Change Y Rule
Week of October 25th:  Syllable Division, Accented Syllables, Schwa
Week of November 1st:  Making Words Plural: Adding -s, -es, changing f or fe to v before adding -es.  Intro to Prefixes and Suffixes. -ing 
Week of November 8th: Suffixes  -ed, -er
Week of November 15th: Suffix -est, Prefixes re- and un- 
Week of November 22:  No classes due to Thanksgiving
Week of November 29:  Suffixes  -ful, -y, -ly 
Week of December 6: Suffixes -less, -tion, -sion 
December 13-January 9th : No classes

Note:  Class is changing from three days per week to two days per week.
Week of January 10th:  Suffixes -ish, -ment
No class January 17th due to MLK Jr. Day
January 19 and 20: Suffix -ness, Prefix pre-
Week of January 24th: Prefixes  dis-, ex-
Week of January 31:  Prefixes  sub-, mis-
Week of February 7th:  Prefix de-, com-
Week of February 14th:  Prefixes con-, a- 
Week of February 21st:  Suffixes -ic and -ous 
Week of February 28th:  en-, em-
Week of March 7th:  Prefix be-, Suffix  -able
Week of March 14th: Suffixes -ible, -ent 
Week of March 21:  No classes
Week of March 28th: Suffix -al, Prefix in-
Week of April 4th:  Prefixes il-, im-, ir- and e-
Week of April 11th:  Prefixes per- and pro-
Week of April 18th: Suffix -ive and Root word tract 
Week of April 25th: Root words struct and ject
Week of May 2nd:  Root words port and sist
Week of May 9th:   No classes
Week of May 16th:  Root words form and rupt
Week of May 23rd:  Root words cred and act