The Gillingham Manual, Eighth Edition (Homeschool Edition)

Dr. Samuel Orton and Anna Gillingham were pioneers inthe field of dyslexia. Their groundbreaking Orton-Gillinghamapproach, sometimes referred to as OG, has been regarded asthe most crucial and significant reading interventiondesigned specifically for children and adults with dyslexia.The Gillingham Manual is the backbone of thisapproach.

The Orton-Gillingham approach is extremelyflexible and can be used with individuals or small groups.In this multisensory phonics technique students first learnthe sounds of letters, and then build these letter-soundsinto words. They progress to advanced structural elementssuch as syllable types, roots, and affixes. Students useauditory, visual and kinesthetic associations to rememberconcepts.

The Gillingham manual covers reading andspelling (including a history of the English Language thathelps explain some of its curious spellings andpronunciations), training for older students, acquiringfamiliarity with sound symbols, writing, spelling patterns,and generalizations, handwriting, and dictionarytechnique.

Skills Addressed:

• History ofthe English language

• Sound-symbolrelationships
• Letter formation
• Spellinggeneralizations
• Dictionary use
• Short and long vowelsounds
• Digraphs
• Diphthongs
• Affixes androots
• Word structure
• Consonant sounds
• Decodingand encoding words

  8th Edition.

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