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What is Orton-Gillingham?
Referred to as the gold standard of reading instruction and remediation, The Orton-Gillingham Approach is a highly structured way to teach reading, spelling, and writing to all students, specifically those with dyslexia.Developed by Dr. Samuel Orton, Anna Gillingham, and Bessy Stillman, the core focus of this proven approach is to teach reading and spelling in a logical, systemic, multisensory, and sequential way that meets the unique needs of the individual learner.
- The multisensory teaching concepts help to connect different areas of the brain that may need additional stimulation in order to process language.
- By using visual, kinesthetic, and auditory teaching techniques, a student with dyslexia can see, write, and listen to the way a letter or word sounds, helping them to better learn and recall when reading, writing, and spelling.
- This approach, which focuses on all the senses, can show students how to decode patterns in words on their own, all things which contribute to literacy success.
The science of reading is complex, which is why Orton-Gillingham focuses on structured and multisensory teachings that help students make better connections to the structure of language. Based on a child’s individual situation, learning difficulty, and progress, OG lessons will include things like alphabet drills, visual drills, auditory drills, coding words, reading fluency, vocabulary work, and spelling (among other things) that will help each student achieve their literacy goals. The approach helps connect and rewire the specific areas of the brain that connect print, sound, and meaning, helping any and every student learn to read. With over 25 years of experience using Orton-Gillingham, the Readers in Bloom marketplace is the best place to find engaging and inclusive materials that follow the principles of true Orton-Gillingham instruction.
Readers in Bloom + Orton-Gillingham
Orton-Gillingham is a cognitive and emotionally sound approach, backed by with decades research to help students better connect with language and words for an improved learning experience. Better yet, it’s truly an approach, not a method, system, or technique, which allows trained educators to be creative when teaching their students, adapting to the individual needs of each and every learner.
Readers in Bloom resources and materials leverage the instructional knowledge learned from Orton-Gillingham training to provide all students with thoughtfully produced books and workbooks. Teachers, tutors, and parents are encouraged to explore our marketplace and see the wonderful products that can be used to help individuals learn how to read and spell
- Decodable text is a type of text used in beginning reading instruction.
- Decodable texts are carefully sequenced to progressively incorporate words that are consistent with the letter–sound relationships that have been taught to the new reader.
- Readers in Bloom products follow the unique Flow Chart of Skills created by an Accredited Training Fellow of The Academy of Orton-Gillingham and Dyslexia Therapist from The International Dyslexia Association.
Why focus on dyslexia?
- Dyslexia is a neurological difference that impacts the way an individual learns to read and spell. These differences refer to the understanding and application of written and spoken language.
- An individual with a language-based learning disability may struggle with the development of reading, writing, or spelling.
- Language-based learning differences don’t have anything to do with an individual’s IQ. In fact, many people diagnosed with a language-based learning difference have extremely high intelligence.
- Approximately 20-25% of the population has a language-based learning difference or learning disability, the most common of which is dyslexia.
In order to acquire the skills needed to be a successful reader, individuals with dyslexia must learn via a structured and sequential approach that teaches the english language from concrete to abstract, from simplistic to complex. Readers in Bloom products have the greatest results when they are being used simultaneously with Orton-Gillingham instruction.