SUGGESTED ORDER OF PRESENTATION
ORTON-GILLINGHAM APPROACH--BASIC
LANGUAGE LAYER # ONE
alphabetic principle
blending
blending finger
breve
closed syllable
consonant
consonant blend
CONCEPT VOCABULARY
consonant digraph/H brothers short vowel
finger-spelling
spelling rules
long vowel
syllable (s)
macron
syllable division
open syllable
syllable patterns
phoneme/grapheme
vowel
red words
vowel/con-e syllable
PHONEMES/GRAPHEMES:
Single consonants: m____ s____ f____ b____ t____ and short a___
Single consonants: h____ j____ n____ p____ l____ and short i___
Single consonants: hard c____ k____ d____ r____ hard g____ and short o___
Consonant Digraphs: sh___ unvoiced th___ ch___ wh___ voiced th___ short u___
and e___
Single consonants: v____ qu____ w____ x____ y____ z____ s /z/____ (has/bugs)
Consonant Blends: Blends can be taught using one of the following three ways:
Option one: Teach the concept of a blend
Option two: Initial blends
All blends introduced at once
Initial clusters
Concept of a cluster
Final blends
All clusters introduced at once
Option three: Initial s blends
Initial w blends
Final l blends
Initial l blends
Initial clusters
Final n blends
Initial r blends
Final s blends
Other final blends
Initial consonant blends:
sc-___
sk-___
sm-___ sn-___ sp-___ squ-___ st-___ sw-___ tw-___
bl-___ cl-___ fl-___ gl-___ pl-___ sl-___
br-___ cr-___ dr-___ fr-___ gr-___ pr-___ tr-___
Initial 3 letter consonant clusters:
scr-___ shr-___ spr-___ str-___ spl-___ thr-___ squ-_____
Final consonant blends:
-ct_____ -ft___-lk___ -lt___-mp___-nch___ -nd___-nt___
-pt___ -sk____ sp____-st___
Long vowel sounds a_____ e______ i______ o_____ u______
a-e_____ e-e_____ i-e_____ o-e_____ u-e______
SPELLING RULES: f, l, s, z rule ______ Jeff will pass Buzz.
-ck rule____at the end of a one-syllable word after one short vowel
SYLLABLE PATTERNS: closed_____ open_____ vowel-consonant e_____
SYLLABLE DIVISION RULE: VC/CV______ first with closed syllables (nut/meg) then
with the first syllable closed and the second syllable vce or open. (pan/cake, ban/jo)
RED WORDS: Teach the words from the red word list starting in column one.
LANGUAGE LAYER # TWO
base word
compound word
edit
homonym
CONCEPT VOCABULARY
past tense
singular
plural suffix
suffix
present tense
vowel team syllable
r-controlled syllable
y as a con./vowel
PHONEME/GRAPHEMES:
-ng______ -nk_______
or
-ang____- ing____- ong____- ung____
-ank____- ink____- onk____- unk____
ai____ (rain)
ee____ (tree)
oa____ (boat)
u-e___ (flute)
ay____ (day)
ea____ (meat)
ow___ (snow)
all____ (ball)
SYLLABLE PATTERNS:
vowel team______
r-controlled______
SPELLING RULES:
k/c at the beginning____ (k before e, i, y)
(c before a, o, u and as part of a blend) _____
-tch rule____ at the end of a one-syllable word after one short vowel
Rabbit Spelling Rule _____
SYLLABLE DIVISION RULES:
VC●CCV (lob/ster)_____
VCC●CV(pump/kin)_____ VC●CCCV (ham/string)_____
VCC●CCV (trans/plant)_____
Compound words_____
PHONEME/GRAPHEMES:
ar____ (car)
oi____ (soil)
igh___ (night)
or____ (fork)
ea____ (head)
oo____ (school)
aw____ (saw)
er_____(fern)
ou____ (out)
ir_____ (bird)
oy____ (boy)
ur_____(nurse)
ow____ (plow)
y ____ fly
-ind_____ (kind)
-ild_____ (child)
-ost_____ (most)
-old_____ (cold)
-olt_____ (colt)
-oll _____ (roll)
y _____ (happy)
SUFFIXES:
-ed /ŭd/_____ -ed /d/_____ -ed /t/_____ (past tense verb)
-ing_____ (present tense verb)
-ly_____ (manner of; adverb, adjective)
-s_____ (plural noun) -es_____ (plural noun)
-y_____ (quality, full of; adjective, small or dear; noun)
RED WORDS: Continue working through the red word list a few words at a time.
LANGUAGE LAYER # THREE
accent
schwa
CONCEPT VOCABULARY
silent letter patterns
soft/hard sounds (c, g)
suffix addition rules
PHONEME/GRAPHEMES:
c______ (city)
au_____ (August)
alk___ (chalk)
oo_____ (book)
wr-____ (write)
u______ (ruby)
ph_____ (phone)
a______ (alive, comma
g_____ (giant)
ie_____ (pie)
oe_____ (toe)
ue____ (cue)
-alt___ (salt)
ear____ (hear)
schwa)
gh____ (laugh)
ch_____ (school)
kn-____ (knot)
eigh____ (eight)
ou_____ (soup)
-mb____ (thumb)
gh_____ (ghost)
SYLLABLE PATTERNS:
Practice with polysyllabic words using known syllable patterns_____ (closed, open, vowelconsonant-e, vowel teams, r-controlled)
SYLLABLE DIVISON RULES:
V●CV_____ (ro/bot) VC●V_____ (hab/it)
V●CV-schwa_____ (ca/nal)
SPELLING RULES:
Plurals (-s or -es choices)______
Doubling Rule: 1+1+1______
Drop the e rule______
-dge rule_____ at the end of a one-syllable word after one short vowel
c as /s/ after e,i,y (center, city, cyclone) _______
g as /j/ after e,i,y (gem, ginger, gym) _______
SUFFIXES:
-tion____(action or state of, noun suffix)
-er____(one who is or that which does something; noun, comparative--two
things; adjective)
-est____(superlative; comparing three or more things; adjective suffix follows
Anglo-Saxon roots)
-ful____(full of; adjective)
-sion____vision ( state of; noun )
-sion ___ mission (shun) (state of; noun)
-less____ (without; adjective)
-ness____(condition of being; noun)
-ment____(the result of an action; noun)
RED WORDS: Continue teaching from basic red word list. Be sure to review all words
frequently.
LANGUAGE LAYER # FOUR
CONCEPT VOCABULARY
change v. drop for suffix addition
prefix
placement of accent (ex.-ic)
Review all previously taught concepts and make sure student can verbalize and
demonstrate them.
PHONEME/GRAPHEMES:
ew____ (grew)
augh____ (taught)
ough____ (fought)
o______ (dog)
war_____(war)
ei_______(ceiling)
ear_____(earth)
ui______ (fruit)
ou______ (shoulder)
y______ (gym)
rh______ (rhino)
wor_____ (word)
sc_____ (science)
ar______ (collar)
ey______ (key)
ie_____ (chief)
ue______ (blue)
er_______ (merit)
or_____ (doctor)
ew_____ (nephew)
Concept of accent_____ (teach lesson before Doubling spelling rule for polysyllabic
words)
SPELLING RULES:
Suffix addition: Change the y to i rule______
Doubling rule for polysyllabic words (2+1+1)_______
Little Table rule for –cle words (teach –cle syllable pattern and P/G first)
SYLLABLE PATTERNS: Consonant –le, y-e
-ble____ -fle____ -tle____ -dle____ -gle____ -kle____ -ple____ -zle____
-ckle____
common exception: -stle____ (castle)
y-e____ (type)
SYLLABLE DIVISION RULES:
V●V_____ (ne/on)
prefix ● root or base word ● suffix _____ (unreachable)
PREFIXES:
un-_____ (not/reverse of action)
re-______ (back/again)
dis-_____ (not)
pre-______ (before)
non-______ (not)
out-______ (out)
sub-______ (under)
post-______(after)
SUFFIXES:
-ic_______
-ship_____
-able_____
-ish______
(nature of,like; adjective,noun)
( quality; condition of; noun)
( able to; adjective)
( like; adjective, verb)
RED WORDS: Check to make sure all words from the basic list are known for reading
and spelling.
LANGUAGE LAYER # FIVE
Transitional Layer from Basic to Advanced Language
CONCEPT VOCABULARY
root (v. base word)
Review previously taught concepts and make sure student can apply and integrate them.
PHONEME/GRAPHEMES:
ei____ (vein)
ey_____ (obey)
ch____ (machine) o______ (oven/schwa)
u ____ (put)
-que____ (unique)
qua_____(quality) -mn____ (column)
wa_____ (water) h_______(honest)
CONNECTIVE
-i-____(ē as in experience)
PREFIXES:
in-____ (not, in)
ex-____ (out of, from)
tri-____(three)
ou_____(double)
eu_____ (feud)
gn_____ (sign)
-gue____ (vague)
-age_____(bandage)
-ard _____ (blizzard)
-ire _____(expire)
-are _____(compare)
-err _____ (merry)
eu ______(neutron)
(Green font above indicates these are
suffixes but are taught as
phonemes/graphemes at this level)
-i-______(y as in petunia)
mis-____ (wrong, bad)
pro-____ (forward, before)
bi-____(two, twice)
SUFFIXES:
-al_______ (having, act of; adjective, noun)
-ary ______ (pertaining to)
-cian _____ (person concerned with) not a true suffix -- a common ending formed when
the suffix –ian is added to a root ending with c)
-cious ____(full of or having) not a true suffix -- a common ending formed when the suffix
–ious is added to a root ending with a c
-ery _____(place where something is done; the qualities, principles or practices)
-hood ____ ( state or condition of; noun)
-like______ (characteristic of; adjective)
-ical______ (nature of, like; adjective)
-ive ______ (relating to; quality of)
-some_____ (tending to, causing a group of; adjective, noun)
-ture _____ (state of being) not a true suffix -- a common ending formed when the suffix
–ure is added to a root ending in t)
-ous______ (having, full of; adjective)
ROOTS:
rupt____ (to break)
tract____ (to pull) port____ (to carry) ject_______(to throw)
REVIEW of all syllable types and syllable division rules
REVIEW of suffix addition rules
RED WORDS: Finish and review all red words for the basic list. Students should be able
to read and spell all words from this list fluently.