Orton-Gillingham (OG)
Multi-sensory Structured Literacy Part 2
Online Course
The focus of Part 2 course is the instruction of advanced theoretical knowledge and practical skills that can be implemented directly into your therapeutic practice for individuals, small groups or classrooms.
A comprehensive set of materials and manual is included in the course. Each participant will receive a 3-month membership to the Great Word House™ interactive lesson planning resource. You may begin your practicum immediately after completing this course. Part 1 is a pre-requisite for Part 2 if you are pursuing Orton-Gillingham Structured Literacy Teacher certification.
In this 40-hour course trainees will learn:
- Stages of Spelling and Writing Development
- Teaching 2-syllable words, with affixes
- Intake Screening
- Creating a Student Profile
- Standardized and Criterion Referenced Testing
- Written Expression: Grammar, Syntax, Sentences, Paragraphs
- Expository and Narrative Writing
- Latin Morphology: Prefixes, Suffixes and Roots
- Advanced Multisensory Structured Language Techniques
- Reading, Writing Research-based Best Practices
- Text Analysis and Differentiation
- Advanced OG Lesson Planning
Practicum
OG Structured Literacy Teacher (OGSL)
The practicum is necessary for certification. You can sign up for the practicum separately once the course is completed or you can sign up for the course and practicum together. The OGSL Teacher practicum consists of 150 hours of lesson supervision and 10 lesson observations submitted digitally. The 50 hours of Classroom Educator practicum will reduce the total requirement to 100 hours.
Part 2 Scope and Sequence
The sequence described below may vary depending on the prior training of the participants.
Module 1
- Models of Reading Skill Acquisition
- Stages of Reading and Writing Development
Module 2
- Intake Screening
- Creating a Student Profile
Module 3
- Standardized Cognitive Assessment
- Psycho-educational Testing:Terminology and Interpretation
- Academic Testing
Module 4
- Review of Syllable Types
- W Effect
- Ambiguous Syllable Types
- Unusual Phoneme-Grapheme Correspondences
Module 5
- Teaching Silent Letters
- Words of Old French Origin
Module 6
- Spelling Rules
- Spelling Games
Module 7
- The Art of the Sentence
- Parts of Speech, Conjunctions
- Simple, Compound, Complex, Compound-Complex Sentences
Module 8
- The Paragraph
- Purposes of a Paragraph
Module 9
- Teaching Narrative
- Plot Structure
Module 10
- Latin Derivations
- Terminology
- Assimilated Prefixes
- Latin Roots
Module 11
- Latin Connectives
- Accent Placement
- Ligatured du and tu
Module 12
- Latin Lesson Planning
- Morphology Drills
Module 13
- Teaching Vocabulary Best Practices
- 2+ Syllable Words
- Advanced Sight Words
Module 14
- Text Analysis
- Differentiation
- Subject Specific Terminology
Module 15
- Literacy Curriculum
- Levels 1 – 14
- Presentations
