This intensive course is perfect for summer, when students can focus on mastering and retaining skills.

This multi-sensory, Orton Gillingham phonics class is conducted 1:1 and is tailored to the needs and abilities of your learner. Focus is on gaining fluency in phonemic awareness, decoding, blending, comprehension, and morphology, using the time-tested, research-driven methods. The class meets twice per week.

The class is intended as a long-term intervention, although sessions are grouped into convenient weekly packages.

For absolute beginners, we begin with learning the alphabet, short vowel sounds, and blending these to form CVC words. I help children use visual tools to represent sounds, as they begin to spell. Older students begin according to their diagnostic assessment, which I conduct personally.

*** A link to register for an assessment is at the end of this course description. If you are enrolling with me for the first time, please first register for an assessment, which is longer in length than individual OG sessions, and allows me adequate time to gauge the level and abilities of your student. ***

Orton-Gillingham instructs learners in the rules that govern spelling patterns, including:

- short vowel sounds
- CVC words
- blends
- digraphs
- long vowels with cvc-e patterns
- syllabication
- R-controlled vowels
- Latin and Greek spellings

Students will be presented with interactive, multi-sensory lessons that incorporate left-brain/ right-brain activities. The session will begin with a quick warm up activity and then review previously taught concepts by way of flashcards, reading passages, and dictation.

The students are encouraged to do regular practice sessions throughout the week, including both desk work, and gross motor activities that "cross the midline" and involve the whole body, especially for practice work at home. This means they will be assigned things that involve auditory, kinesthetic, tactile, and visual activities that will allow them to truly engage with the material. 

Each tutoring session is designed for your child. After assessing the student, we will dive right in to where they need help the most, reinforcing those skills they already have, and building off them. 

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