by Karina Richland | Nov 25, 2020 | Activities and Games, Multisensory, Multisensory Teaching, Orton-Gillingham, Reading, Spelling
What is the Y Rule? When a word ends in a ‘ y ’ like in the word pony, and you want to make the word plural – you will change the y to an i and add es. This is called the Y Rule. Family = families Baby = babies Hobby = hobbies Party = parties The Y Rule... 
by Karina Richland | Oct 27, 2020 | Activities and Games, Multisensory, Multisensory Teaching, Orton-Gillingham, Spelling
What is the Silent E Rule? If you add the suffix ing to a base word ending in silent e, you will drop the e and add ing to make a new word. This is called the Silent E Rule. For example: Drive + ing = Driving Ride + ing = Riding Love + ing = Loving Hide + ing = Hiding... 
by Karina Richland | Sep 17, 2020 | Activities and Games, Multisensory, Multisensory Teaching, Phonological Awareness, Reading, Spelling
Multisensory means engaging more than one sense at a time. You see it, you say it, you touch it and you move with it. Using multisensory activities in your reading lessons makes learning fun and memorable. On today’s post I am going to share with you a fun and active... 
by Karina Richland | Sep 14, 2020 | Multisensory, Multisensory Teaching, Spelling
How to Teach Spelling Words Using These Strategies, Fun Activities Tips and Resources! Begin able to spell well is important. For younger children, research indicates that spelling supports learning to read. For older children, research indicates that spelling... 
by Karina Richland | Sep 2, 2020 | Multisensory Teaching, Phonological Awareness, Reading, Reading Skills, Rhyming
Tips and Strategies for Teaching the Alphabet Letters and Letter Sounds Most children learn to recognize the letters in the alphabet between the ages of 3 and 4. By age 5, the majority of children begin to make letter-sound associations. Children’s reading... 
by Karina Richland | Jul 25, 2020 | Activities and Games, Multisensory, Multisensory Teaching, Orton-Gillingham, Spelling
Glued sounds or welded sounds in Orton-Gillingham are groups of letters within a word such as king, hang, long, sung that are easier to learn as a chunk than separated into individual sounds. Our students need a lot of practice with welded sounds, so I came up with...