Orton gillingham for middle school

Middle schoolers and phonics instruction can be a scary combination. Being a Middle School Teacher for my entire career, I know working with students who need intensive phonics instruction can feel daunting. At my middle school, I am in charge of all tier 3 reading interventions. It has been a feat to complete these over

You finished your O-G training, now what? Well you'll need help organizing teacher materials. Check out this post for tips to get organized!

Curious about using All About Spelling with older students? Here are 4 proven strategies for teaching spelling to teens and adults.

Do your students groan when you bring up the dreaded subject of grammar? Unfortunately, grammar instruction tends to be dry—but not if you have fun grammar exercises to engage your students! Middle schoolers can be a hard group to teach, but making grammar exercises fun keeps them focused on the task at hand. Fun Grammar

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Learn how I set up the banking system for my middle school classroom economy using an online bank and a check template!

Teaching morphology can be a great way to help students with understanding unknown words, decoding multisyllabic words, and spelling.

So I don't know about all of you, but when I started out delivering OG intervention I was trying to figure what supplies and materials I absolutely needed for my classroom and small group intervention. I knew I would need writing materials, reading supplies, games, activities, word lists, the list went on and on. We’ve put together a list of Orton-Gillingham necessities to help make your life a little easier!

Invite students to color-code important keywords and phrases. If the class is reading about recycling, ask them to use green or blue highlighters to find key vocabulary or commonly repeated phrases that will stick in their brain. If the students are reading about Ancient Greece, offer different colors for different nouns—one color for important people, one color for important places, another color for key things.