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Orton-Gillingham Red Words

What are Red Words? Orton-Gillingham Red Words are certain words that are phonetically irregular or non-decodable. Students have to memorize these words by heart. There are around 500 red words in English. In K-2 texts, students can find up to 200 non-decodable words. Some educators and curriculum creators call these words ‘unfair’.  As these words

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My journey into creating educational resources

Everyone’s journey in life and career is different. Once I worked at a university where I taught the Finnish language. My students were fresh school graduates, a bit younger than me at that time! Finnish is a very difficult language with massively complicated grammar (especially on advanced levels when students study complex syntax, participles, and

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