Reading Made Easy: Mastering Multi-Syllable Words Using Orton Gillingham Methods

🌟Enrolling for Fall 2025!🌟
Does your child struggle to read two and three syllable words?

The Orton Gillingham (OG) philosophy is an instructional approach designed to help individuals with language-based learning difficulties, such as dyslexia. It is based on the understanding that ALL students benefit from explicit, systematic, and multi-sensory instruction to develop strong reading, writing, and spelling skills.

In this class, students will practice using the Orton Gillingham Method of syllable division to divide multi syllable words and label the syllable types, in order to read the whole word and not just guess! This is a HANDS ON, practice based class....no sitting around listening to long and boring lectures! 

Class will "look" like this:
**a lesson on the sound/ concept for the day
**the rest of class will be hands on practicing dividing words on a whiteboard or using physical paper (highly recommended!). I will model both ways in each class!
**We will practice reading sentences.

We will review concepts from week to week so jump in any time! 

***Your student will NEED paper and a pen/marker, or a white board with marker to get the best experience in this class. Students need to PRACTICE dividing the words themselves!

Extra words will be sent out after class for extra practice -- optional of course, but highly recommended! I will give feedback on anyone who sends me their divided words.


🌟THURSDAY EVENING Schedule🌟
2025

week of Feb 3: soft c
week of Feb 10: soft g
week of Feb 17: suffix -ed
week of Feb 24: Vowel Team (VT) ea and ee

week of Mar 3: Vowel Team (VT) ai and ay
week of Mar 10: Vowel Team (VT) oa and oe
NO CLASS week of Mar 17 
week of Mar 24: Suffix -ing
week of Mar 31: Three-Consonant Blends

week of April 7:  Bossy R (BR) er, ir, ur
week of April 14: V/V syllable division
week of April 21: Vowel Team (VT) oi and oy
week of April 28: Vowel Team (VT) ou and ow

week of May 5:  Vowel Team (VT) igh
week of May 12: Consonant-le syllable
week of May 19: Bossy R (BR) ar
week of May 26: Bossy R (BR) or

week of June 2: Vowel Team (VT) au and aw

🌟Fall 2025 Schedule🌟
week of September 1: compound words
week of September 8: open/closed syllable with VC/CV
week of September 15: open/closed syllable with V/CV
week of September 22: beginning r blends
week of September 29: beginning l blends

week of October 6: beginning s blends
week of October 13: ending t blends
week of October 21: ending l blends/other ending blends
week of October 28: three syllable words

week of November 3: -nk and -ng
week of November 10: magic E syllable 
week of November 17: VC/V syllable division
NO CLASS WEEK OF November 24

week of December 1: y as a vowel (i)
week of December 8: y as a vowel (e)

🌟2026🌟
week of Jan 12: soft c
week of Jan 19: soft g
week of Jan 26: suffix -ed

week of Feb 2: Vowel Team: ea and ee
week of Feb 9: Vowel Team: ai and ay
week of Feb 16: Vowel Team): oa and oe
week of Feb 23: suffix -ing

week of Mar 2: 3 letter blends
week of Mar 9: Bossy R: er, ir, ur
NO CLASS WEEK of March 16
week of Mar 23: V/V syllable division
week of Mar 30: Vowel Team: oi and oy

week of  Apr 6: Vowel Team: ou and ow
week of Apr 15: Vowel Team: igh
week of Apr 20: Consonant+le syllable
week of Apr 27: Bossy R: ar
 
week of May 4: Bossy R: or
week of May 11: Vowel Team: au and aw