Orton Gillingham
Orton Gillingham is an evidence based teaching approach that was designed to help struggling readers. Through a direct and multisensory approach, it explicitly teaches the connections between letters and sounds. It is highly structured and sequential in nature, allowing the student to enjoy predictability and success in every lesson. This diagnostic and prescriptive method caters to individuals, particularly those with dyslexia, ensuring literacy skills development.
About Orton and Gillingham
In the 1930s, neuropsychiatrist and pathologist Dr. Samuel T. Orton and educator, psychologist Anna Gillingham developed the Orton-Gillingham approach to reading instruction.
How does 'The Orton Gillingham' approach help with struggling readers or students with Dyslexia?
Teaches The Five Pillars Of Literacy
Phonological Awareness | The awareness that words are composed of sounds and those sounds have distinct articulatory features
Phonics | The ability to recognize letter-sound relationships in words
Fluency | The ability to read with speed, accuracy, and proper expression
Vocabulary | Size and word-meaning strategies predict comprehension
Comprehension | Understanding the meaning of text and integrating it with previous knowledge
Research into the Science of Reading
Structured synthetic phonics programs, like 'Orton Gillingham', help students learn to read and spell by teaching: