What is the cost of the Orton Gillingham program/materials? Was this funded by your school?
Ann Schaefer -----Original Message----- From: mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org [mailto:mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of djchan Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 8:47 AM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] What is the best reading program? Wilson and Saxon and Sonday are programs designed to help students with phonics. They are specifically for struggling readers or students with learning challenges. They are based on the methods and philosophy and research of Dr. Samuel T. Orton and his assistant Anne Gillingham. To become certified in OG you must take a 100 hour college level class, that lasts approximately two weeks and then do a 1 year internship in which you tutor a child using these methods and have a trainer observe and critique your work. It is not a state certification that I know. I am OG certified at the associate level which means I can plan and develop lessons for individual students based on their needs. Wilson and Sonday and Saxon are copyrighted programs that you purchase as kits with materials and scripts for teaching, much like Saxon. A certified OG teacher writes their own lessons using materials received in the workshop and in their classroom. It can be used in the classroom setting with small groups but because it is a multi-sensory approach to learning to read it is difficult to implement in a large group. The best reading program is the one you use and modify to meet the needs of your students. I don't believe there is a one size fits all program. All reading programs need modifications to meet students needs. Teachers need to know how to adapt programs so higher readers are challenged and lower readers aren't bored. It is like walking a tightrope at times, a balancing act that lasts a year. Deidra Chandler MA Early Childhood Ed. MA Reading OG-multisensory language intervention tutor ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ljackson" <ljack...@gwtc.net> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 8:52 AM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] What is the best reading program? >I had no idea you could become certified in a program. > > > > Lori Jackson > District Literacy Coach and Mentor > Todd County School District > Box 87 > Mission SD 5755 > > ----- Original message ----- > From: Lisa Singer <singe...@gradmail.mville.edu> > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 8:23 PM > Subject: [MOSAIC] What is the best reading program? > >> My name is Lisa. I am finishing my masters in special education at >> Manhattanville College. I want to become certified in a reading program >> and I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for me. I was told that >> Orton Gillingham or Wilson are the best. What do you think? >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mosaic mailing list >> Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org >> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. >> >> Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
