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Orton-Gillingham 101
Monday, September 25, 2017 
5:30 pm • The CrossWalk Classroom
Light refreshments will be served
 
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By helping students develop academically, socially, and emotionally, we rekindle student excitement for school, help them regain confidence in themselves, and challenge them to exercise their strengths.
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Our mission is to provide remediation of language skills for bright students with dyslexia and similar language-based learning differences in grades ECP Level 3— Kindergarten through 5th grade with the goal of returning the student to mainstream education fully prepared to realize their highest potential by sixth grade. Students in the program spend part of their school day in the classroom with their grade level peers. The remainder of the day is spent in the CrossWalk program where they receive individualized instruction in language and math.
Language Tutoring
Orton-Gillingham instruction is a multisensory approach to teaching reading, writing, and spelling skills customized to the individual needs of each student. Instructors directly teach the phonics and linguistics of the English language and writing in a systematic manner. Teaching is diagnostic and prescriptive—each teacher seeks to understand how an individual learns and devises an appropriate teaching strategy for that student. Instructors closely monitor the student’s performance in order to identify and analyze individual needs. Material is presented in an sequential way that ties new concepts with past material. Our goal is to expand a student’s knowledge of the English language by moving from the simple, well-learned material to the complex in a logical manner. Lesson time is structured so students are comfortable and know what to expect each day when they enter the classroom. Teaching is also directed towards providing the experience of success, increased self-confidence, and motivation. 
Mathematics
The concepts of math, the language of math, and calculation are important parts of our curriculum.  Following the tenets of the Orton-Gillingham Approach, North Cross School uses manipulatives and technology to present new concepts in a visual, auditory, and kinesthetic/tactile manner. This hands-on, multisensory instruction helps students understand and retain the underlying mathematical concepts. Topics are presented incrementally and reinforced with continual review.
The video below, from Cox Connections, features an interview with Kit Prillaman and provides an overview of how the program uses specialized multi-sensory instruction to help CrossWalk students overcome learning differences.
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Additional Information
Please visit the following sites for more information about the Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and The International Dyslexia Association.

Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners
The International Dyslexia Association
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