Glen was in his car at a marina, but his mom found a pencil and paper, and Glen wanted to work! I was very impressed with his work ethic. I began with a phonological awareness exercise, level K2#1. Next, I reviewed the sound deck with visual, auditory, and blending drills. We re-visited the following irregular words for spellings: thorough, truth, sign, muscle, and machine. We played a game of "word root Pictionary." I showed Glen two cards pulled at random from the deck (unseen by me.) He drew a picture, and I had to guess the root. Next, Glen read a sixth-grade passage from ReadWorks about the Code of Hammurabi with excellent accuracy.
To conclude, we practiced syllabicating words. Great work, Glen. Have a terrific summer; I hope to work with you in the fall.

I began with a phonological awareness exercise, level K1#3. Glen has achieved mastery at this level, and we will move on in our next session. I reviewed the sound deck using visual, auditory, and blending exercises. We discussed the following irregular words: thorough, truth, sign, muscle, and machine, and confirmed that Glen can read, spell, and now understand the etymology behind the words' irregularity. We concluded with oral reading fluency; Glen read a long article about Mako sharks with excellent accuracy and comprehension.

I began a YouTube video, "Why is English So Weird," which explores the etymology of our language, a genuine interest of Glen's. Next, I conducted a phonological awareness exercise, level K1#2. I reviewed the sound deck with visual, auditory, and blending drills. We discussed last week's lesson, ei and eigh spellings of /A/ and also the three pronunciations of -ed (/ed/, /id/, /t/), and I dictated examples for Glen to write. I taught two new prefixes (pre, non) and the root (flex, flect) and reviewed all roots, prefixes, and suffixes. To conclude, Glen read two poems, "Three Foxes by the Edge of the Field at Twilight" by Jane Hirshfield and "The Parakeet" by Alberto Blanco.

Glen and I had another productive OG session. After a phonological awareness exercise (K1#1), I reviewed the sound deck with visual, auditory, and blending drills. I reviewed the eu and ew spellings for /U/ and /oo/ with dictation and syllabication. I taught the ei and eigh spellings of /A/ with dictation and syllabication. Glen read a timed oral reading fluency passage with 97 CWPM; this was a sixth-grade passage. I taught the Latin root "vert," which means "to turn." We brainstormed example words using the site Membean. I concluded by reviewing five irregular words. Glen successfully read and spelled the following words: answer, sign, muscle, and machine.

I reviewed the sound deck with visual, auditory, and blending drills. Glen syllabicated three-syllable words with ease. For oral reading fluency, Glen read excerpts from two historical speeches, Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" and FDR's "First Inaugural Address," notable for the quote "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." We watched a YouTube clip of FDR delivering that portion of the speech. I taught the Latin root struct, we brainstormed example words and reviewed the 22 prefixes, suffixes, and roots that I have taught Glen so far. Finally, I re-visited the irregular words that tripped Glen up last session (thorough and truth.) He read and spelled them with ease! We discussed what part of each word was irregular or unexpected. Excellent work, Glen! I will have to work harder next week :)

As always, Glen was a delight to teach today. We accomplished the following Orton-Gillingham activities: phonological awareness, sound deck review with visual, auditory, and blending drills. Glen syllabicated a list of unfamiliar, multisyllabic words; he has mastered the closed, open, R-controlled, and vowel team syllable types. I taught him the consonant-le syllable type, and we syllabicated a list of multisyllabic words. What I enjoy most about Glen is his intellectual curiosity; he wants to know what the words mean, which led to conversation. Glen read two timed oral reading fluency passages (6th-grade level) with excellent accuracy, prosody, and comprehension. He even added anecdotal stories!
To conclude, I reviewed a deck of irregular words with Glen; I told him my goal was to find two words that he didn't know for next week. He read 113 words before he missed two!! It was a fun way to end the session.

Once again, teaching Glen was the highlight of my day. We began with a phonological awareness exercise Level I#1. Glen has this level to automaticity, and we will move on. I conducted a sound deck review, including visual, auditory, and blending drills. Glen syllabicated a list of three-syllable words, identified syllable types, and successfully read the unfamiliar words. He read a timed oral reading fluency passage entitled "Life in the Everglades" with adequate rate, prosody, and comprehension. I taught a morphology lesson, reviewing prefixes, suffixes, and root words and learning several new prefixes.

To conclude the session, Glen read a list of 15+ irregular words. I was thrilled with Glen's ability to read some problematic words (thorough, doubt, height, business, guess, guest, guide, guy, guard, journey, journal, answer, sign, muscle, machine, Wednesday, want, what.)

What I enjoy most about Glen is his curiosity. When I teach, he always wants to know more; today, we investigated the etymology of the irregular words because the spellings irritated him! Even with our detours, we still moved through more material than prepared. Great work, Glen!

I was happy to connect with Glen online today. We began with a phonological awareness exercise, level H2. Glen has this skill to mastery, and we will move on. I reviewed the sound deck, emphasizing vowels with multiple sounds (y, ea, ow, ou). I dictated words that included those sounds, and Glen was able to generalize that skill with complete accuracy. I reviewed syllable types CVVC, C/VC, and CV/C and practiced syllabicating words, including supercalifragilistic. I reviewed the c /k/ /s/ and g /g/ /j/ rule; the consonants make a "soft" sound when followed by i, e, and y. Glen read 25 nonsense words and demonstrated his understanding of the rule. Glen read a timed oral reading fluency passage with excellent accuracy, rate, prosody, and comprehension. He read 115 correct words per minute. We concluded by discussing morphology, which is the study of the word "parts" or the smallest units of words that contain meaning. We reviewed a list of over 30 prefixes, suffixes, and roots. Glen amazes me with his fact retention, curiosity, and enthusiasm. Our session was the highlight of my day.

We accomplished the following OG exercises: Alpha Chips, sound deck review, phonological awareness, timed oral passage reading, word fluency list. We reviewed all Latin/Greek roots and learned two new roots, pathos (disease, weakness) and mal (bad). We concluded the session playing Crazy Moose all syllable types.

Glen began the session drawing on the whiteboard as I called out a phonological awareness exercise. Glen sequenced Alpha Chips and successfully reviewed the Sound Deck. I administered the QI-6 reading and CORE reading assessments to gauge Glenn's progress and target future instruction. Glen is a joy to teach. I always enjoy my time with him!