Course info

This comprehensive and highly intensive course qualifies teachers to bring Orton-Gillingham

multisensory instruction to their classrooms. Structures ® transforms struggling, dyslexic, and

learning-differenced readers into skilled learners through our effective, interactive, multisensory

approach to reading and spelling.

Participants learn to teach:

• Phonological awareness strategies

• Anglo-Saxon word study of basic to advanced phonetic concepts.

• Morphological study of Greek and Latin roots and affixes.

• A Three-Part Drill for structured review.

• Tactile/kinesthetic spelling techniques for phonetic and non-phonetic words.

• Syllabication for multisyllabic words (8 Syllable Types and 3 Syllable Patterns).

• Higher-level spelling skills.

• Vocabulary development.

• Fluency-building strategies

Additional benefits include:

• Guidance with lesson planning and classroom implementation.

• Opportunities for hands-on lesson practice with other participants.

• Emphasis on teaching reading to struggling readers, and students with dyslexia and learning differences using Orton-Gillingham methodology.

• Complimentary Brainspring Members Area Access: reproducible lesson resources and activities.