L E E Tutoring in Reading for all, bilingual and students with Dyslexia.

11/24/2025

Here's an image depicting a phonological awareness activity suitable for students with dyslexia to do at home:

Rhyming Word Match:

This image shows a child and a parent engaged in a rhyming word matching activity. There are several picture cards spread out, and the child is matching two cards that rhyme (e.g., "cat" and "hat"). This activity helps develop phonological awareness by focusing on the sounds within words.

11/23/2025

The Orton-Gillingham (O-G) approach is a **Multisensory Structured Language Education (MSLE)** method, often considered the gold standard for dyslexia intervention. It is an **approach** (not a single, rigid program) guided by several key, interrelated principles:

# # 🗝️ Core Elements of the Orton-Gillingham Approach

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# # # 1\. Simultaneous Multisensory Instruction

* **Explanation:** Teaching engages **visual (seeing)**, **auditory (hearing)**, and **kinesthetic-tactile (movement/touch)** pathways simultaneously to enhance memory and learning. For example, a student might see the letter, say its sound, and trace the letter in sand or the air.

# # # 2\. Systematic and Sequential

* **Explanation:** The content is taught in a **pre-planned, logical order**, moving from the simplest, most fundamental elements of language (like individual sounds and letters) to more complex concepts (like blends, digraphs, syllable types, and morphology).

# # # 3\. Cumulative

* **Explanation:** Instruction builds upon itself. Students must **master** one skill to the point of **automaticity** before moving on to the next, and previously learned concepts are **continuously reviewed** and integrated into new lessons.

# # # 4\. Explicit and Direct Instruction

* **Explanation:** All language concepts, rules, and patterns (such as phonics rules or syllable division rules) are **clearly and directly explained** to the student. The teacher does not rely on the student to guess or infer the rules.

# # # 5\. Diagnostic and Prescriptive

* **Explanation:** The teacher **continuously assesses** the student's progress and responses to diagnose strengths and weaknesses. The next lesson's content and pace are then **prescribed** and adjusted to address the individual student's specific needs, making the approach highly individualized.

# # # 6\. Synthetic and Analytic Instruction

* **Synthetic** instruction teaches the parts of language (individual sounds/letters) and then how to blend or put them together to form a whole word.
* **Analytic** instruction presents a whole word and teaches the student how to break it down into its component parts (sounds, syllables, or morphemes).

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07/09/2021

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04/01/2021

https://www.edutopia.org/article/asset-based-approach-supporting-english-learners-reading-skills?fbclid=IwAR376VzjC18_3FxQq5Jm0foyOqqAZRR8Ucbael9953J5ph4nsH5xZXwVXOQ

A look at what English learners need in order to develop the skills and motivation to improve their ability to read in English.

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07/15/2020

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07/15/2020

Just what your bilingual students need!
Calling all bilingual students K-1

06/29/2020

We are offering a 1 Week long Summer Review Class in July!!! Open to all Dual Language students going to Kinder or 1st grade in the U.S. Please see the flyer for details.

06/29/2020

Estamos ofreciendo un Curso de Repaso este Verano!!! Los detalles están en el boletín! Este curso esta disponible para todo estudiante de Lenguaje Dual entrando a Kinder o Primer Grado en los Estados Unidos!