Is Orton-Gillingham or Structured Literacy the Right Fit?

If your child struggles with one or more of the following areas, they may benefit from OG or SL:

Phonological Awareness

rhyming
syllable counting, blending, segmenting, deletion
onset-rime
blending, segmenting, isolating, deleting, and adding sounds
interpreting and manipulating sounds in words

Alphabet Skills

letter recognition
sequencing the alphabet
alphabetizing
identifying missing letters

Letter-Naming

Handwriting

print
cursive
top-down writing
left-right directionality

Letter-Sound Relationships

Sight Word Recognition

individual word level
within text

Phonics - Reading & Spelling Skills

reads words incorrectly
does not have a strategy to break down unfamiliar words
changes sounds in words
leaves sounds out of words
skips words

Reading Fluency

reading with appropriate accuracy, speed, and expression

Reading Comprehension & Vocabulary

understanding sentences, passages, stories, and books they have read
understanding and building vocabulary knowledge

Morphology & Vocabulary

understanding prefixes, suffixes, root words, etc. and using them to interpret the meanings of words
Latin-based and Greek-based morphology