Learn the difference between decoding and encoding and how to practice these important literacy skills with your students

The following decoding strategies have long been used within the Orton-Gillingham lesson plan as part of the Orton-Gillingham approach, but anyone can utilize them as part of their structured literacy framework. The Literacy Nest #ortongillinghamactivities #decodingstrategies #ortongillingham

Decoding is the process of using knowledge of letters, sounds, and words to read and understand written language.

Help 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students practice decoding multisyllabic words with these 9 engaging activity ideas. These ideas make lesson planning and teaching multisyllabic word strategies to upper elementary students easier. Word sorts, word walls, syllable ladders, and more decoding multisyllabic words activity ideas.

Working on decoding words in kindergarten? If so, check out this post for 13 decoding words activities and strategies that will help your students improve their reading fluency when it comes to decodable texts!

We have prepared a list of worksheets on “rhyming words” for 2nd grade. It contains 6 pages. It includes answer key. You can download the PDF below,

Take a moment to think about how you teach spelling and reading? What strategies do you use and suggest to students when teaching them how to read and spell? Do these strategies involve looking at the pictures? Using context clues to guess the words? If you answered yes to the last two questions above, consider the following:When looking at a picture are you actually reading a word or are you identifying an object in a picture? These are two different processes in our brains. Our brains were…

Sharyn Kish on Instagram: "Musical sentences are a fun way to practice decoding skills and build fluency! I use sentences from my #ortongillingham or @ufliteracy lessons. Low prep and HIGH engagement activities are my favorite. Follow for more! 💗 How to play: Write out (or type out) your decodable sentences. I use different colors for each skill group. Have students walk around them in a circle while you play music. When the music stops students practice reading their sentences. Repeat…

What do you do when your students get stuck on a word? Read this step-by-step guide to help you teach your students to decode independently.