Dyslexia
CENTER
NEWS
Fourth Grade Small group gets in character with costumes for their upcoming
readers theater performance of The Gruffalo. They will be presenting as part
of the November 16 Parent Forum meeting.
Key Elements of the Orton-Gillingham Approach
Why does O-G sound familiar?
In the LLCA Dyslexia Center, we use
the Orton-Gillingham method for teaching.
Your child receives instruction based on this
method in both tutoring and small group
instruction.
The O-G method differs from other
reading programs in two ways: what is
taught and how it is taught. This week we
discuss what is taught. Next week we will
look at how it is taught.
What is Taught
Dyslexic children do not naturally
absorb some of the language skills that
their non-dyslexic peers pick up. So, these
necessary skills are taught as part of the
small group and tutoring lessons.
Tell us your
success
stories!
Areas taught include Phonemic
Awareness, which is how to break a word
apart into its individual sounds, as well as
how to take individual sounds and
compare, blend and change them mentally.
Sound/symbol relationship is next.
This is knowing how to spell the sounds
heard in words, and knowing what sounds
the various letter combinations spell.
Knowledge of syllable types helps a
dyslexic student predict what the vowels
sound is likely to do in that word, and how
to spell it from an oral word.
English sounds can often be spelled
more than one way. Teaching the
probabilities and rules for spelling helps
tremendously.
Roots, prefixes and suffixes are taught
along with the meaning those chunks of
words carry. This helps spelling as well as
expanding vocabulary. When a student
learns that “tract” means “pull” and the
prefix “re” means “back or again,” he can
see that the word “retract” means “to pull
back or again.”
Parent Forum November 16
Fourth grade small group, fifth
grade small group and first grade
small group will all be presenting
poetry and some readers theater at
the November Parent Forum.
The Dyslexia Center section of the LLCA website has a tab for Parent Testimonials. You are
invited to tell your family’s dyslexia story, and how the Dyslexia Center has been a help to
your child and your family. The best stories come from the heart, so if you are able to put this
year into words to share, please email your story to Mrs. Hall. (The stories may be edited for
length, and will rotate to keep the content fresh for our readers.)
It is our privilege to work with your children, and we appreciate the trust you
put in us!