Orton-Gillingham

Prescriptive Therapy

Session Date
Lesson Topic
'ea' = /ě/ as in bread
Review spelling words for this week.
Lesson Outline
1. Brain Warm up - "Alpha Toss'
2. Tap Chart 1, 'Teams Chart'. "Point and Say" dictation.
3. Word pattern study- ea = /ě/. Use word cards and phrase cards to play tic-tac-toe game and tongue twister game.
4. Review- This weeks spelling words. high light target patterns (final e, s= /z/, soft c/g), ck
Assignment
Practice word and phrase cards with target skill (ea = /ě/).
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Cade was tired after a day of school.
However, I "Gamified" the lesson components to help him focus and power through the target skills.
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Syllables: Open, Closed, and 'Magic e'
Lesson Outline
1. Brain Warm Up
2. Chart tapping - Chart 1;
3. Dictation (Point and say) from chart 1
4. Word Study- Use Flip cards and Arm tapping.
Syllables: Open Syllable = long vowel sound (be).
Closed syllable= short vowel sound (bet) and Magic e = long vowel sound (hope) .
5.Dictation- Student and teacher write target skill words onto game board for tomorrow
6. Handwriting- Proper formation of lowercase a,c,o,d,g,q
Assignment
Practice above lower case letters
Ask Remington about open vs closed syllables and Magic e words. ie: be vs bet; hop vs hope
Session Minutes
90
Minutes Student Attended
90
Lesson Comments
Remington is doing well with open vs closed syllables and the vowel sounds that occur in each. ie: 'be' = open syllable and long vowel sound. 'bet' = closed syllable and short vowel sound.
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Open and closed syllables, Handwriting
Lesson Outline
1. Brain Warm up- "Alpha Toss"
2. Chart Tapping- Chart 1, Point and Say dictation
3. Review/Word Study- Open vs Closed syllables. Use 'Flip Cards'. Play 'Roll and Read' board game to practice target skill.
4.Hand writing-Proper formation of lower case a, c, o, g, q, b, d
Assignment
Ask Remington about Open vs Closed syllables. ie: be/bet, go/got, hi/hit,...
Ask about how to properly form the lower case letters a,c,o,g,q,b,d
Session Minutes
90
Minutes Student Attended
90
Lesson Comments
Remington worked hard today. He seemed well rested.
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Open vs Closed syllable and Magic e
Lesson Outline
1. Brain Warm Up- "Alpha Toss"
2.Chart Tap- Arm tap and Dictation
3 Review- Open vs Closed Syllable- Use "Flip Cards", Arm tapping,
Two Column card sorting.
4. New- "Magic e" - Use Try-fold cards, Highlight target skill, , arm tap, dictation
5. Phrase Work- Read phrases with target skill. Act out or draw 2 of them.
6. Hand writing- Proper formation of lower case a, c and d.
Assignment
None, Just get good nights sleep.
Session Minutes
90
Minutes Student Attended
90
Lesson Comments
It was very difficult to keep Remingtons cooperation with lesson activities today.
He said that he didn't get much sleep.
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Open/Closed syllable
Lesson Outline
1. Brain Warm Up
2. Chart Tap- Chart 1 - 'Point and Say' dictation.
3. Review- Open/Closed syllable- Use Flip cards, Read, Arm tap, 'Sorting' card game, Tongue Twister syllable game.
4.Hand Writing- Proper Formation of lower case 'a' and 'c'
Assignment
Ask Remington about 'Open' vs 'Closed syllables
Examples:
Open syllable words - be, me, go, hi, (Not closed in by a consonant-The vowel sound is long)
Closed syllable words- bed, met, gob, hid (closed in by a consonant- The vowel sound is short)
Session Minutes
90
Minutes Student Attended
90
Lesson Comments
Good job Remington
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Closed vs Open syllables
Sound of 'soft c'
Lesson Outline
1. Brain Warm Up
2.Sound Dictation- soft c
3.Review- "Magic e" ie: like, hope, cane, tune
New skill- Open vs Closed syllables ie: be > bed, go > got, hi > hid
Dictation of target skill (open/closed syllables)
4. Go over weekly skills page from Cade's class at his school:
Spelling words- (he spelled all but one perfectly)
Vocabulary Strategy - Compound words
Vocabulary- Scared, admires, contribute

.
Assignment
None
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Cade worked hard even after a long day at school.
Cade's mom will keep me informed of skills that he is covering in class so that I can tie them into our weekly session.
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Open vs closed syllables (be- bet)
"Magic e" words (hope)
Lesson Outline
1.Brain Warm up
2. Chart Tapping
3. Review- Open/Closed syllable
4. New- Magic e words (Vowel Consonant e)
5. Hand writing
Assignment
Read these open syllable words:
be, me, hi, go

Read these closed syllable words:
bed, men, hit, gob

Read these Magic e words:
hope, gate, bite, tune
Session Minutes
90
Minutes Student Attended
90
Lesson Comments
I enjoy working with Remington.
Session Date
Lesson Topic
CVC words (Consonant-Vowel-Consonant) ie: 'cat'
VCe words (Vowel-Consonant - 'e') ie: 'hope'
Open vs Closed syllables ie: 'be'/'bet'
Lesson Outline
Brain Warm Up: 'Alpha Toss', 'b/d Punch'
Chart Tapping: Chart 1
Sound Dictation(Teacher dictates>Student writes.): From Chart 1- Short vowels, 'S'= /z/, 'X'= /ks/.
Word Study(review): CVC and CVe words: Read, Arm Tap, Write (dictation)
Word Study (new): Open vs Closed syllables with flip cards ie: 'be'/'bet'
Dictation(Teacher dictates > Student writes): open/closed syllable- ie: 'go'/'got'
Phrase/Sentence work: Read phrases. Several for each short vowel sound. > Do quick dramatization of one for each short vowel sound. (a,e,i,o,u) ie: 'a big web'
Dictation: Teacher dictates, student writes a few of the phrases (ie: 'a bug in a tub')
Handwriting: Proper formation of lower case letters. Focus on 'a'.


Assignment
Read then act out a few of the phrases from today. Review that a phrase is part of a sentence.
- 'a big web'
-' a bug in a tub'
- ' a hot pot'
-' zap a rat'
-' a big rib'
Session Minutes
135
Minutes Student Attended
135
Lesson Comments
Remington worked hard today on new and review topics.
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Get to know each other with Ice Breaker games, academic games, and academic assessment.
Lesson Outline
1. Introduce each other.
2. Ice Breaker Game: "Two True things about me and Not True thing". Have to guess which is not true.
3. Brain warm up games: "Alpha Toss", "b/d Punch"
4. Introduce Chart Tapping: This is an Orton-Gillingham based activity. Consonant sounds, short vowel sounds,
sound of soft 'c' and soft 'g', 'S' = /z/
5. Introduce 'Arm Tapping' for reading.
6. Hand writing: Proper form - Lower case a-h
7. Assessment of Phonetic skills for reading




Assignment
Tongue Twister: Say each phrase from todays short vowel lesson 3 times fast.
"a pet pig"
"the big hog"
"did win"
"a sad lad"
"in a tub"




Session Minutes
135
Minutes Student Attended
135
Lesson Comments
I really enjoyed meeting Remington. He was engaged and enthusiastic about today's lesson activities.
I look forward to working with him this year.
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Soft sound of 'C', Syllable division VC/CV
Lesson Outline
1. Tap Chart 1, and Teams Chart (-ar, -er, -ir, -or)
2.New and Review- Soft C at the begining and end of a word.
Arm tao 6 words with 'Soft C'
Write same words with "See, Say, Spell" (Look at word and Say it out loud, Spell it out loud as writing each
letter, underline the word and say it again)
3. Word Study- Read more words from today's lesson and some that are review from past lessons. > Highlight the part of the word that is the target skill. Today: Soft c says /s/ when followed by 'ı', 'e', or 'y'.
4. Game- Teacher dictates words from lesson. Student and teacher write words with target skill on game board.
Roll the dice and play the game.
5. Tongue Twister activity with target skill words.
6. Sentence with words from lesson is cut into individual words. Student puts together into sentence
that makes sense.
7. Irregular Words- said, does, of
8. Syllable Division - VC/CV, Mark the vowels > Mark the consonants between the vowels > Divide between the consonants. ie: nap/kin
Assignment
Review session work sent home with the student: "Cut and Paste" sentences, Read words that we divided into sentence during sessions, Play student/teacher made board game or just read the words on it.
Repetition Brings the skills learned into long term memory!
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Cade focused well and was engaged in activities.