Orton Gillingham

The Orton Gillingham Approach

If your child has attended SVA since Kindergarten, their phonetic instruction has been completed using the Orton Gillingham model for instruction. The visual below will gives you an overview of Orton GIllingham.

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What Will My Child Learn

We will review and revisit the phonetic patterns your child was taught using Orton Gillingham in previous years. The big focus for second grade students is syllabification. There are several different syllable patterns in the English language and by learning how to break words into syllables, your child will improve their spelling and reading.