Word families are groups of words that have the same final sound and spelling pattern with varying initial sounds. Onset refers to the beginning consonant or consonant blend before the vowel in a word or syllable. Rime refers to the chunk of a word that begins with the first vowel and includes any consonant sounds …
“KABOOM” is one of my favorite games to play during phonics and OG lessons and with my speech/language elementary students. KABOOM games are easy to set up, inexpensive, versatile, and super fun! You can create any KABOOM set of your choosing in just a few short steps. Choose your materials – popsicle sticks, strips of …
One critical component within any Orton-Gillingham lesson is sight word practice. Technically, a “sight word” is any word a person can read without “sounding out” because it can be recognized by sight. The “sight word” practice embedded into early reading lessons targets our high-frequency words, the words we encounter often during reading and writing tasks, …
