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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just look for a good, experienced tutor OP. I have taught for a long time and seen all kinds of trends in teaching. None of them are an end all, be all solution. Including OG. It’s new, it’s different and seems to work for some kids. Before that it was Lucy Caulkins and before that it was Fountas-Pinell, etc, etc. you need an tutor who has experience figuring out your child and has a wealth of strategies, techniques and experience to figure out what best works for him. And knows when/if it’s time to look into assessing more serious needs (like dyslexia). [/quote]

OG is not "new or different". It has been around since the 1930s.  It's principles are direct instruction in phonics (using a sequential, logical ordering) and using a multisensory approach (eg. student writes out each letter using their finger on their desk as they say the letter and see the letter). Also, it's not like Lucy Caulkins or Fountas-Pinell in that it's not a patented program. You can't buy the OG method anymore than you can buy phonics.

There are lots of programs based on the OG ideas. You don't necessarily need a specific OG tutor, but for tutors find someone who knows how to provide direct, sequential instruction in phonics. By sequential I mean teaches phonemes and graphemes in a way that at least has some thought in it. The exact order varies in different programs, but usually they have students starting with reviewing some short vowel sounds, some consonants and then blending them in CV or CVC words. Students also need to be able to hear phonemes and know the sounds so there should be some component of reading the sounds out loud. Bonus if there is a physical component.

You could also try hooked on phonics. Remember those commercials? If a student is really struggling it's not going to be as effective as a tutor or some of the more intensive programs, but it does provide sequential phonics instruction. Same with Explode the code or phonics pathways. One step up from that (more explicit, slower pace) would probably be "All about Reading" or "Abecedarian"

Your DC might need really serious explicit instruction in which case it would be good to go down the road of a certified tutor and/or a program like Barton or Wilson or  Lindamood-Bell. Also, Recipe for Reading explains stuff but doesn't really give you a whole program. [/quote]

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