The past few months I have had lots of interest in OG tutoring and was unable to intake students. As a result, I am happy to announce that I will be offering group OG summer sessions. There will be a free assessment for applying students which will determine which level they will be placed in. There is a maximum of 4 students per class and consist of two 1 hour sessions weekly @ $40/ hour in July/August 2012. All sessions will take place at my in-home OG tutoring centre in Killarney area (E. 45th/ Earles). Please contact me via email [email protected] or call me at 604-375-8827 for details. Thank you.
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The past few months I have had lots of interest in OG tutoring and was unable to intake students. As a result, I am happy to announce that I will be offering group OG summer sessions. There will be a free assessment for applying students which will determine which level they will be placed in. There is a maximum of 4 students per class and consist of two 1 hour sessions weekly @ $40/ hour in July/August 2012. All sessions will take place at my in-home OG tutoring centre in Killarney area (E. 45th/ Earles). Please contact me via email [email protected] or call me at 604-375-8827 for details. Thank you.
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I've been revamping my OG auditory/ visual drills to incorporate more manipulatives instead of just plain old cue cards. Using a sound box is a great way to incorporate the use of kinesthetic tactile sense with the auditory and visual senses. This can be used for a group activity and it also can be personalized. I bought this treasure box from my yearly splurge at May Fair and turned it into a daily sound box. Since my boys have tons of figurines and small nicknacks around the house I just change them up daily. For the older students, I may ask them to find 2 toys with 2 letter vowel sounds or find blends or end sounds. To build vocabulary, I ask them to think of a noun, verb, adjective and adverb with the sounds they found from the box. The best part is that after identifying all the objects, they can do some creative writing. Sometimes I ask them to write a story or dictate a story for me to type out or even create a short video. You can make this sound box themed to certain topics - animals, food items, specific sound items & etc. It is nice that they can actually have a visual and this definitely creates alot of exciting and makes them involved in their own learning and reviewing. I've been working on developing an Orton Gillingham based student record page workbook. It has over 200 pages of record pages for each sound, spelling rule and syllable concepts. Unlike traditional worksheets, these are specifically created for the child to practice the concept with fun writing activities. There is an area for them to practice their spelling, blending drills, matching exercises, wordsearch and creating visuals for each sound. This will be an essential workbook for all OG students and a great resource for OG tutors, educators, parents who work closely with children who are enrolled in the Orton Gillingham tutoring program. It will be offered in hard copy organized neatly in a binder. Here is a sneak peak!
Keep your weekly ads and inserts for these fun activities. This beats from the traditional OG auditory and visual drill with a piece of paper, cue cards and listening to me say the sounds. This multisensory activity helps your students review their sounds and see and hear them in words/ pictures. The kinesthetic tactile sensory comes into play by using the ads/ foamed letters. You can have it themed such as all food items, electronics, furniture, DVD videos, games and toys.
1) Give them a 1 page ad. Have them repeat each sound and search for the sound in the ads. After finding the sound, have them point it out and record the item and sound onto their notebook. 2) Visual/Auditory Drill Collage - Cut out some pictures from the ads - give them foamed letters and have them stick them onto the corresponding pictures. 3) Give the student 5 minutes to cut out 5 pictures. Have them glue them onto a piece of paper. Create mini web charts with as many sounds they hear from looking at the pictures. They can also think of 4 words to describe each picture. 4) Give them a variety of picture cut outs. Have them create a story using all of the pictures. You can help the younger children write the story down while they dictate it to you. They can glue the pictures to the corresponding words in the story or create a collage. You can vary the difficulty depending on your student - I've done these activities with children aged 4 to aged 12. An example of varying the difficulty: for the older students, I ask them to find blends (bl, cl) or find 2 pictures with 2 vowels (oo, oe, ai). This activity keeps the child engaged by using visuals to help them review. The favorites with my students have been the DVD and food ads. Watch out !! One makes them want to go home quickly to watch movies and the other makes them hungry! |
AuthorDora Cheung - Certified OG Tutor, Masters of Educ. Admin., Early Childhood Education, +20 yrs of teaching experience. Married with 3 boys - 13 yrs, 11 yrs and 8 yrs old. Archives
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