Shamon L. answered 05/29/24
NYU Grad Specializing in Reading, Writing, Test Prep, and Humanities
In Orton-Gillingham and other Structured Literacy approaches, the journey into vowel sounds begins with the short vowel sounds of a, e, i, o, and u. These are the most common and easily distinguishable sounds, making them the perfect starting point for building a strong foundation in reading. Once students are familiar with these individual sounds, they start practicing with simple consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words like cat, bed, and pig. This helps them understand how sounds blend together to form words and reinforces their understanding of short vowels. As they progress, students will learn to blend and segment sounds to decode and spell words, and eventually move on to tackling long vowels and multisyllabic words.