…used for “high-impact tutoring.” Dyslexic students who have not received appropriate structured literacy instruction in order to allow them to read could definitely be considered under this group. If your student has not been formally tested for dyslexia and there is a high suspicion, contact your school to see what the wait times may be for assessment; see if they…
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Don’t restrict students to decodable readers. It’s a little like trying to feed an elephant one blade of grass at a time. Reading decodable books has an important place in structured literacy programs for dyslexic students, but recently some in the reading community have been calling for “phonics-only” or “phonics-first” and this is not a good idea. Recently Emeritus…
After all the hard work increasing dyslexia awareness and passing laws to improve teacher training (some of the efforts just beginning), one small paper has attracted some attention in the media, attempting to push back against the benefits of Orton-Gillingham/Structured Literacy instruction in public schools. The paper (Stevens et al., 2021) unfortunately has already begun to echo in the…
…that demonstrated his understanding of complex concepts.” Listen to my interview with Maggie below. Because she was such a good observer and a special educator, it’s an especially sensitive account for the process that so many children go through – but thankfully Maggie and Aiden found their way to intensive remediation (Orton-Gillingham / structured literacy) and in his case in…
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…literacy program she begins and what ways she learns best. Most structured literacy programs have a vocabulary component which is interwoven with phonemic awareness instruction in the forms of multisensory practice and books based on vocabulary and letter / letter-blend instruction that they’ve received. Because non-dyslexic students acquire words as they read, over time if she doesn’t listen to audiobooks…
Brock and I were recently talking with our friend, Dr. Nicole Swedberg about how she came to focus in writing for dyslexic students when so many focus almost exclusively on helping students with reading. It was after finishing her advanced degree and training in several top structured literacy programs that she started working with a student who had finished many…
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…students to learn the different examples. Good structured literacy programs do this; casual phonics instructions don’t… that’s why dyslexic students benefit so much by structured literacy programs and intensive step-by-step intervention. Parents and teachers may sometimes be perplexed about why dyslexic students need to know why certain things are the way they are – whether it’s how a word is…
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…may vary. If you are also working from home, plan for a routine where you can also have some relatively uninterrupted time. A common schedule for structured literacy is 25-30 minutes for a lesson and practice, four times a week. Some parents may plan little blocks at a time, but as relaxed homeschoolers, we had a looping schedule whereby we’d…
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…to selective programs. HOW TO HELP Comprehensive structured literacy programs incrementally grow w students’ abilities in decoding and comprehending text, but some students may be proceeding slowly through their programs so that significant holes remain between their reading level and the reading level required for classes (for instance for literature, history, and science). Ensuring that students are able to…
…learning loss this past year. Many tutors have now mastered online tutoring based on Orton-Gillingham / structured literacy practices. Some students may develop a better rapport with some tutors compared to others and if a student’s learning is atypical, she or he may learn better with a tutor who knows how to adjust curriculum or vary it for different students’…
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…explanations and instructions may be necessary to make the information more explicit. It’s for this reason that some schools opt for curricula that incorporate explicit instruction. Explicit instruction is part of “structured literacy” and “Orton-Gillingham” instruction. For example from the International Dyslexia Association’s Brief on Structured Literacy: ” (The term) ‘explicit’ means that the teacher clearly explains and models key…
