Course Description

Ever notice how the letter ‘r’ can make vowels do strange things? We’ll explain why and teach you how to explain it to your students in this module that covers r-controlled vowels.

CEO and Senior Instructor

Sara Dorken

Sara is a passionate tutor and online trainer who specializes in using the Orton-Gillingham (OG) approach while working with students with Dyslexia and any other learning differences. She has trained in many OG-based programs and has been certified to teach the OG approach from the Dyslexia Training Institute based out of the University of San Diego. Sara has helped develop the aardvark program and has made it unique by using her extensive background in sport and physical activity (M.A. Human Kinetics) to integrate movement in order to build physical literacy and traditional literacy in struggling students.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Module Outline

    • Module 7 - what you'll learn

    • Module 7 - Course Guide

    • Module 7 - Lesson Sequence
  • 2

    Module Sounds and Rules

    • Lesson 1 - R-Controlled Syllable

    • Lesson 2 - Car Part

    • Lesson 3 - Born for Corn

    • Lesson 4 - Her Fern

    • Lesson 5 - Chirpy Bird

    • Lesson 6 - Nurse Purse

    • Lesson 7 - Dollar Doctor

    • Lesson 10 - Adding Suffixes

    • Lesson 11 - Prefixes

    • Lesson 12 - Word Worm

    • Lesson 13 - Warm Swarm

    • Lesson 14 - Berry

    • Lesson 15 - Paramedic

    • Printables
  • 3

    Activities

    • Activity Lists
  • 4

    Lesson Plans

    • Intro Lessons

    • Sound Lessons

    • Multi-Syllables Lessons

    • Word Structure Lessons

    • Exception Lessons
  • 5

    Module 7 - Exam

    • Module 7 - Check Your Knowledge!