Basic Level of O.G. Provides:

• assessment of language deficits, speech, and motor patterns

• pre-reading exercises that work to:

– develop short term memory​

-develop sound sequencing capability central to all language – related skills

-develop auditory discrimination between sounds in words

-develop auditory recognition of terminal sounds in words

• And also provides:

-sequencing tasks such as: alphabetic code, days of the week, months, seasons​

-speech exercises that teach the origin of sounds difficult to say or hear.

-exercises to eliminate confusion between right and left

-fine and gross motor skills development through handwriting exercises when needed.

• Decoding and encoding exercises provide:

-integration of sound, symbol, and motor patterns while learning the phonetic system of English.

-mastery of the six types of syllable division and use of common suffixes

-all spelling rules and generalizations

-grammatical structure and syntax of English in sentence writing

• Oral reading 15 – 20 minutes per session, first using phonetically controlled text, then whole language books when 85% of text can be accurately decoded. (guessing, word substitution, and other compensatory strategies not permitted)

Advanced O.G. Level

• Presents multi-syllabic words in a carefully constructed sequence of language origin. A systematic study of Anglo-Saxon, French, Latin, and Greek affixes and roots, along with accenting patterns; extends decoding and encoding work crucial to mastery of middle-school, high-school, and college-level content area.

• Incorporates work on higher-order comprehension skills, grammar, writing proficiency, vocabulary improvement, and copying skills.

Telephone: 831-637-3271
Email: dmkelly444@gmail.com