1. Phonemic Awareness (Hearing sounds in words and manipulating sounds.)
2. Phonics (Letter Identification)
3. Sight Words, Tricky Words, High Frequency Words
4. Digraphs, Letter Combinations
5. Vowel Pairs, Vowel Digraphs, R-controlled Vowels
6. Syllables
7. Decoding Strategies 
8. Handwriting Sentence Dictation 

I have over 12+ years experience in the classroom from preschool to first grade. Teaching reading is my absolute most favorite subject to teach! I struggled to learn how to read and I don't necessarily love it as a past-time as an adult. But I truly believe in the importance of early intervention and building that foundation early on to help build a child's confidence and self esteem! 

I am trained in the Orton-Gillingham International approach to teach reading. This method is a multi sensory - visual/auditory/kinesthetic/tactile approach that has been found to be beneficial to students identified with dyslexia. OG is structured, sequential, cumulative and repetitive. It has been described as a vehicle for integrating thinking skills, vocabulary development, writing skills, and content subjects. OG makes the connection between reading, spelling, writing, and oral language.