Private Online Tutoring
in Reading and Spelling
Does your child struggle with reading and spelling? Does your child get confused with letters, their shapes, and the sounds they represent?
I am a certified tutor who uses a structured literacy approach called Orton-Gillingham. Designed for students with dyslexia, it can also be effective for other students who seek a straightforward, logical explanation of the spelling of the English language.
For more information about dyslexia and structured literacy approaches such as Orton-Gillingham, click here.
Lessons include one-on-one instruction in:
• phonemic awareness
• letter-sound relationships
• phonics and morphology
Tutoring sessions are conducted virtually, at least three times per week. Each session typically lasts for 50 minutes. Lessons proceed at the student's pace, with each one reinforcing the skills learned in previous lessons.
The techniques I use are most effective with a student who:
- Needs help with decoding and sounding out words, and with spelling.
- Is age six or over.
- Has normal hearing, vision, speech, and oral language abilities.
- Can pass the screening test. Every student is given this test during the initial consultation meeting. This helps us to determine whether the approach and techniques I use are going to be appropriate for the student's needs.
- Can check email and join a Zoom meeting, or has someone available who can do this.
- Can speak and understand English at a basic conversational level.
The instruction is focused on the foundational skills of phoneme awareness, letter-sound relationships, and phonics, although we will, from time to time, touch on various topics in basic grammar, handwriting, vocabulary, and reading comprehension.
For more information, or schedule a free initial consultation, please call or email me, Marian, at (614) 599-8618 or logic.of.reading@gmail.com.