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
- 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
