Weekly Orton Gillingham Spelling Practice (Basics)

🌟Enrolling for Fall 2025🌟
Does your learner struggle to spell longer, multi-syllable words?

By mastering spelling rules and patterns, students can expect to see:
✨ Improved Reading Comprehension
✨ Confident Writing Skills
✨ Expanded Vocabulary

With consistent repetition and practice, this class ensures that spelling becomes second nature, leading to impressive leaps in reading levels over time—some students have jumped 2-3 levels in just one year!

Every week, we will:
✨ learn 10 new words centered around special sound/spelling rules
✨ practice dividing the words into syllables for easier learning
✨ define words and talk about their respective parts of speech
✨ play interactive learning games to reinforce the learning

As a bonus, I provide weekly lists, definitions, and (optional) activities for extra practice at home, ensuring continuous improvement and mastery.

New students can join any week and long attending students get to know one another and have fun playing the different games every week. Repetition and practice over time makes the rules "stick". 

2025:
week of Jan 6: other ending blends (nd, nch, mp)
week of Jan 13:  -ng/-nk
week of Jan 20: y as a vowel /e/
week of Jan 27: y as a vowel /i/

week of Feb 3: 1-1-1 rule -ck
week of Feb 10: 1-1-1 -tch /ch/
week of Feb 17: Magic E syllable
week of Feb 24: Magic E syllable II

week of March 3:  Gentle Cindy (soft c)
week of March 10:  Gentle Cindy 2 (soft g)
NO CLASS week of March 17 (my spring break!)
week of March 24:  1-1-1 dge /j/
week of March 31: suffix -ed

week of April 7: suffix -s/-es
week of April 14: Vowel Team ea/ee
week of April 21: Vowel Team ai/ay
week of April 28: Vowel Team oa/oe

week of May 5: Kind Old Words
week of May 12: other uses for silent e
week of May 19: suffix -ing
week of May 26: homophones (NO Monday classes)
Week of June 2:  homophones (Monday classes ONLY)

(Break for Summer 2025)
See my summer camps for summer enrichment!

FALL 2025 (subject to change):
week of Sept 1:  (no Monday class) open/closed syllable
week of Sept 8: digraph ch/ sh
week of Sept 15: digraph ph/ th/ wh
week of Sept 22: c/k
week of Sept 29: floss rule

week of Oct 6: schwa vowel sound (1)
week of Oct 13: schwa vowel sound (2)
week of Oct 20: double consonants (rabbit rule)
week of Oct 28: beginning R blends

week of Nov 3: beginning L blends
week of Nov 10: beginning S blends
week of Nov 17: 3 letter beginning blends
NO CLASS week of Nov 24

week of Dec 1: final t blends 
week of Dec 8: final l blend (-lt)
NO CLASS weeks of Dec 15, Dec 22, or Dec 29

2026:
week of Jan 5: other ending blends (nd, nch, mp)
week of Jan 12:  (No Monday class) -ng/-nk
week of Jan 19: y as a vowel /e/
week of Jan 26: y as a vowel /i/

week of Feb 2: 1-1-1 rule -ck
week of Feb 9: 1-1-1 -tch /ch/
week of Feb 16: Magic E syllable
week of Feb 23: other Silent E uses

week of March 2: Gentle Cindy (soft c)
week of March 9: Gentle Cindy 2 (soft g)
NO CLASS week of March 16 (my spring break!)
week of March 23:  1-1-1 dge /j/
week of March 30: suffix -ed

week of April 6: suffix -s/-es
week of April 13: Vowel Team ea/ee
week of April 20: Vowel Team ai/ay
week of April 27: Vowel Team oa/oe

week of May 4: Vowel Team review (mixed)
week of May 11: suffix -ing