Orton-Gillingham Information
Dr. Samuel T. Orton (1879-1948), a professor of neuropsychiatry and neuropathology at Columbia University, identified the syndrome of developmental reading disabilities, separated it from mental defect and brain damage, and offered a physiological explanation. Anna Gillingham (1878-1964), a psychologist and teacher in New York City, worked with Dr. Orton to organize his findings and develop a structured program which has been successfully used for more than 60 years.
The Orton-Gillingham approach is a structured, multi-sensory phonics approach. It is systematic, proceeding from the simple to the more complex, and it is cumulative in that new information builds on that which has been previously learned. Multi-sensory reinforcement and practice cement new learning into long-term memory.
Letters that represent the single sounds of speech are presented to students through the three major learning pathways: the ears, the eyes, and the muscles. This linking process integrates the muscles of the mouth, tongue, and throat that form the sound; the ears that hear it; the eyes that see it; and the muscles that write it. Students learn to read, write, and spell simultaneously.
Immediately new phonograms are blended into words that carry meaning, and these words are used in sentences and stories for comprehension. The student is never asked to read or spell anything that hasn't been learned through the linkage procedure.
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Sonday System 1
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Learning to read teaches phonological and phonemic awareness, consonant and vowel sounds, vowel pairs, consonant blends and digraphs, r- controlled vowels, vowel-consonant-e, compound and non-phonetic words, spelling, rules of the English Language, reading/writing fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.
Kit: Learning plan book, teaching demonstration video, word list book, sound and word cards (14 decks), pre- and post-tests, mastery checks, and early literacy screening.
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Sonday System 2
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Sonday System 2 reviews concepts taught in the Sonday System 1 - Learning to read and teaches syllable types and syllable division, prefixes, suffices, roots, rules governing affixes, contractions, non-phonetic words, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.
Kit: Learning plan book, teaching demonstration video, word list book, card decks (6 decks), pre- and post-test, and mastery checks.
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Testimonial
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"The thing that I've noticed is my reading. At first, I couldn't get some words, but now I can read them with no trouble. I can understand what the sentence is saying, now better then before. I have a lot better memory. I can remember what I studied the day before a lot better after this program."
Student 22 yrs. old
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