Free Summer Workshop Opportunities, S.O.S. Multisensory Strategy, and Six Syllable Types

School of Education Region In-Service Center 

Summer Workshops 2016

Workshops provided by the UAB Regional Inservice Center 

are free of charge.

Click here to download the 

UAB In-Service Summer Workshop Brochure 2016

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S.O.S.

Simultaneous Oral Spelling (S.O.S.) is a multisensory spelling strategy which

incorporates auditory, verbal, and kinesthetic modalities.

Emily, at The Literacy Nest Blog, is an Orton-Gillingham instructor who utilizes S.O.S. with her students. She lists the 6 steps to this strategy on her blog, in addition, she has created a very useful station activity for students to use to continue to practice their spelling skills. 

You may access her S.O.S. blog post here: 

 The Literacy Nest Blog S.O.S. Strategy

Closed Syllables

Another great series of blog posts on The Literacy Nest Blog explains the importance of teaching the six syllable types. We know that struggling readers need a meaning-based approach to decode and encode new words. Teaching them the six syllable types will help them to become more skillful readers and spellers. Her series of blog posts on syllables begins with closed syllables here:

The Literacy Nest Blog Closed Syllables

Alabama's Remediation Rate Decreases 5%! New Dyslexia Resources!

ALABAMA’S REMEDIATION RATE 

DECREASES FIVE PERCENT

"Since the Implementation of PLAN 2020, the Number of Students Taking Remedial Courses in Alabama Colleges and Universities Inches Downward. A recent report by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education (ACHE) shows that Alabama high school graduates’ remedial coursework rates are down a full five percent in 2015 (30 percent), compared to 2011 (35 percent). Remedial coursework are classes that some students must take in order to build up math, reading, or English skills before they are allowed to take regular college courses. A major component of the State Board of Education’s PLAN 2020 initiative is to increase the number of students who leave high school fully prepared to enter college without the need for remediation and/or enter the workforce with an industry-recognized credential."

Click here to read the full press release:

ALSDE Press Release on Remediation Decrease 

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Dyslexia Resources:

Hettie Johnson
Educational Diagnostician Dyslexia/LD Support Speech/language Therapist

Hettie Johnson's website

Interview with Hettie Johnson:

Learning Ally Specialist Spotlight

Hettie Johnson's YouTube Channel:

Hettie's YouTube Videos

Dinah Zike

Photo from Dinah Zike website
See link to purchase this book.

One teaching resource that Hettie Johnson lists on her website and is also listed as a Print Resource in Appendix H of the Alabama Dyslexia Resource Guide, is the Dinah Zike Foldables book.  See links below to access some valuable classroom resources:

Dinah Zike website

Dinah Zike's YouTube Videos

Foldables on the Secondary Differentiation Weebly



"Foldables are three-dimensional graphic organizers that take complicated data and information and make it visual and kinesthetic." ~ Dinah Zike website

For hundreds of examples of foldables see these Pinterest boards:
Dinah Zike Foldable Examples

Blog Spotlight

Becky Spence

Author of This Reading Mama blog

Multisensory Learning Fun - 24 Animal Sight Word Chants

Becky has a lot of FREE resources on her blog:

This Reading Mama

Multisensory Teaching

Multisensory approach in an elementary classroom 

ARI Region 5 has been training school districts on Dyslexia Simulations and Awareness. In addition, our last Coaching Community was focused on utilizing and embedding multisensory routines into our explicit phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, and comprehension lessons with students. We began with the rationale of using the multisensory approach in the classroom. Coaches engaged in the Ink Think strategy to read, write, and talk about the research and expert opinions on multisensory teaching. 

Click here for the Ink Think Quotes:

Ink Think Quotes

The coaches then learned how to use various multisensory routines and practiced using them with students.  

Click here for the Multisensory Routine Cards:

Multisensory Routine Cards

You may download the HOTS Question Fans from April Guenzler's Blog:

HOTS Question Fans

Vocabulary Foldables can be found on Laura Candler's website:

Vocabulary Foldables

Air Writing demonstration and sight word cards can be found here:

Air Writing and Sight Words Cards

Click here for the Phonics Folders Template:

Phonics Folders Template

We look forward to sharing more multisensory teaching ideas with you in the future. Keep checking our blog for more updates!  

Click on the tab at the top of the blog for Google Drive access to 

new multisensory techniques!