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Preventing Academic Failure: An Orton Gillingham Approach

Model of a Daily Lesson

By: Jennifer Smalley

OBJECTIVE:

Level 106 / fl/ Red Words: one, done, someone, none

REVIEW:

Drill and practice 4-8 previously introduced red words on flash cards. Drill previously taught phonograms using the PAF Alphabet Picture Cards. The student names the letter(s), the key word/picture illustrated, says the sound of the letter(s), and then practices the motor pattern.

INTRODUCTION:

Write 8-10 words on the chalkboard beginning with the sound /fl/. Have the students identify what is similar with each of the words. Identify the / fl/. Next, show the students a picture of a flag (the key word) displayed on the PAF Alphabet Picture Card. The sound of / fl/ is then taught, and the motor pattern is demonstrated. The students then say the letters fl, name the key picture (flag), say the sound of /fl/, and then practice the motor pattern.

SPELLING DICTATION:

This will always be done the same way. Model on the board when getting started. It is sometimes helpful to skip lines between lines 1 through 6.

Line 1

Students write the sound(s) for: ar, cl, gl, e, sh, I, sl, sm, a

Line 2

Students write the suffixes for the: past (ed), doing(ing), and plural(s,es)

Line 3

Students write the following red words: one, done, none, someone

Line 4

Students write the following dictated words: flag, flop, flat, flu, fly, flesh, flex, flashbulb,fling, flab, flips, flatbed

Line 5

Students write 3 or 4 of the following dictated sentence: -Don't fling the fly on the flashbulb! -Who will flop on the flatbeds? -The flag in flying over there. -Someone has done flips in the sand.

Line 6

Students use the following words in an original, student generated, sentence: flips, flesh

READING:

Students practice the skill of decoding words on word lists corresponding to the sound of fl.

REINFORCEMENT:

Students practice the skills taught in teacher made materials and/or phonics materials.

**About the Author**

Jennifer Smalley is currently a Fourth Grade Inclusion teacher in Wappinger Falls, New York. Her 14 years of experience have included teaching Self Contained, Resource, and Inclusion Room programs, covering grades 1 through 6.

**Sites That Can Help**

For more information on PAF visit:

www.pafprogram.com

www.pafprogram.com/76.htm

www.windwardtti.org