It has been several years since my school district adopted Orton-Gillingham’s approach to supporting phonics instructions. I was trained to use OG techniques to teach my students with autism and related challenges in my special education classroom. In a small group of 2-3 students, I tried to stick to the sequence of the lessons suggested by OG and used 3 parts drill and so on. OG provides many muti-sensory approaches to teach letter sounds, blend them to sound out, and master sight words.
Besides from OG approach, the Primary Phonics series and Explore the Code have been my next go-to. Primary Phonics is a systematic, well-structured early reading program. As you go through the book series, students will build essential elements of skills such as phonemic awareness, phonics, and fluency. It’s suitable for K-2nd students and easy to use for many of my students with special needs.
I have used Explore The Code with older students in special education. It was a well-structured workbook back then, and now you can access in an online format. It looks like they offer free online Reading Skills Assessment.
It’s clearly structured in sequence and easy to follow. For non-writers, I have been creating one in a cut- and-paste format. That’s an interesting experiment.
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