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In reading intervention we use programs called Orton-Gillingham, Wilson Reading and Letterland.
The Letterland Program is a phonics program taught in Kindergarten, First, and Second Grade, and has an intervention component. It is multi-sensory, activating every learning channel through music, actions, alliteration, movement, song, art, games and role play.
Orton-Gillingham is a multi-sensory approach. It incorporates visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learning pathways that enable learners to capitalize on their strengths while strengthening their weaknesses. Direct instruction in phonetic rules and word attack strategies will be incorporated into each child’s reading, writing and comprehension. In Orton-Gillingham instruction, finger tapping is an important instructional technique that helps students tap out and then blend sounds in a word.
Wilson Reading is a structured literacy program based on phonological-coding research and uses Orton-Gillingham principles. Through the program, students learn fluent decoding and encoding skills to the level of mastery. Students receive instruction in:
Word structure (in depth) for automatic decoding and spelling
Word recognition and spelling of high frequency words, including irregular words
Vocabulary, word understanding, and word-learning skills
Sentence-level text reading with ease, expression, and understanding
Listening comprehension with age-appropriate narrative and informational text
Reading comprehension with narrative and expository text of increasing levels of difficulty
Narrative and informational text structures
Organization of information for oral or written expression
Proofreading skills
Self-monitoring for word recognition accuracy and comprehension
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