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The Incredible Orton Phonograms

Dr. Orton isolated the 72 most used phonograms that represent the common spelling patterns of  the 45 sounds heard in English speech. They are the "primary codes" of English. They are the 26 alphabet letters and 46 multi-letter teams consisting of 2-4 letters, each has 1-6 sounds. These are the primary phonics codes and word-building tools used for speaking, spelling, writing and reading English.

A "Phonogram" is either one letter or a set combination of letters that represent one or more single sounds in a word.

 Orton Phonograms & Flash Card Examples

This YesPhonics program features a unique concept of using illustrations of mnemonic catch phrases (keyword captions) that correspond to the sound sequences of the 72 Orton Phonograms with which the students quickly and easily learn the sounds of the phonograms in the order of their use frequency.

ie – piece of pie

The phonogram’s sounds should be rehearsed
until they stand out as a “sound” in a printed word.

The 72 Orton Phonograms teach the 45 single sounds heard in English speech & accelerate    “Phonemic Awareness” which is the understanding that English words are made of tiny  bits of sound (phonemes) that make up words and of being able to hear and recognize them.

The phonograms and spelling rules provide the word building tools needed to break apart and manipulate these sounds to recombine them into single and multi-syllable words in order to quickly and easily learn to speak, write, spell and read English fluently.

To view more examples and a list of the 72 phonograms with keyword captions see:

[Orton Phonogram Flash Cards List & Examples]

Orton Phonograms DVD Examples

To view Streaming DVD extracts from both of the DVDs see:

[Phonics Codes for English Phonogram DVD/ CD]

Knowing the phonograms’ sounds in the order of use frequency is vital for fast, accurate and fluent reading. The  “keyword caption” articulates the sound sequence of the phonogram that is easily and quickly learned, never to be forgotten.

When the phonics codes of the English Language are taught with the phonograms there is simply no need to separately teach the single sounds of hundreds of blends and word families. These spelling patterns are easily learned with the phonograms and spelling words.

The Orton-based elementary level instruction for all students from Dr. Samuel Orton was developed and published by his student, and elementary teacher Romalda Spalding in her teachers' textbook "The Writing Road to Reading" (1957-2003); known as the "Spalding Method". Also known as Spaulding.

Phonics Taught First and Fast and Spell to Read

To teach reading, phonics is taught first and fast. In the first 5 weeks the students will learn 56 phonograms . They are taught explicitly with the flash cards and a DVD/CD with easy-to-learn illustrations, keyword captions and a Sound-A-Long  feature that depict the phonograms sound sequences. All of the sounds of each phonogram are learned together, not in layers.  All of the phonogram’s sounds must be known from the beginning to spell and read common words that say their 1^st to 6^th sound such as: ‘me, to, go, she, the, now, you, my, see, all, out, may, look’. They will also learn the first 150 words of the Ayers Spelling List. The words are taught in syllables with spelling rules and word markings that use the lesson plans and students worksheets and they will write and read sentences that they construct from spelling words.

Potential reading abilities will then include hundreds of words that make up the same spelling patterns. All students can quickly grasp these essentials and apply them to any reading context and start reading literature from the library and many other sources of their age-interest that educate and develop a love of reading.

At the completion of the Ayers Spelling Word List at the end of the 3rd level, elementary students can read the longest of unfamiliar words syllable-by-syllable with phonogram word- building tools.  At this point, the students have accelerated their comprehension power and are able to read anything in their vocabulary of about 30,000 words.

Phonemic Awareness

The 72 phonograms teach the 45 sounds heard in English speech. These individual sounds are called “phonemes”. Use the phonograms to teach the 45 “phonemes” for students to achieve phonemic awareness as recommended in the National Reading Panel’s guidelines for Reading First. Phonemic awareness is the knowledge of these tiny segments of sound that make up words. It is literally “sound” awareness and is the understanding that words are made up of sounds and of being able to hear, recognize, and manipulate the individual sounds that make up a word. For example, it is the ability to recognize that the word “dad” is made up of the separate sounds /d/ /a/ /d/. Children vary greatly in their natural ability to hear the sounds within words. Many do not realize the words they hear break apart in to smaller sounds (phonemes). Hearing the individual sounds within a word is difficult because when we            speak, we effortlessly blend all of the sounds together which hides the phonetic nature of spoken language. In order  to read and spell fluently these sounds (phonemes) must first be taught systematically and explicitly in isolation  which is easily accomplished with the phonograms.

 Teach Phonic Sounds First - Not Alphabet Letter Names

This phonetic method first teaches the phonic sounds of the alphabet letter phonograms (a-z), rather than the names of the letters. Learning the letter names first confuses students. Learning to write the letters with their sounds links the sounds of speech with the symbols (letters) used for spelling and reading the words. Proper pronunciation, enunciation and articulation are acquired from the beginning.

Phonogram’s Sounds are Learned Together - Not As Layered Phonics

All of the sounds of each phonogram are learned at the same time in the order of use frequency to be filed in the computer brain in one folder for easy recall. All of the sounds of the alphabet letter phonograms and many of the multi-letter phonograms must be known from the beginning for writing, spelling  and reading high frequency spelling words such as: me, to, all, she, the, you, how, low, my, good, out, day, boy.                                            

Systematic & Explicit Phonics

The Orton phonograms teach the systematic and predictable relationships between the letters of written language and the individual sounds of spoken language with direct teaching of a set of letter-sound relationships in a clearly defined sequence. The phonograms are taught explicitly. Explicit phonics moves from the smallest part to the whole. The students first learn the phonograms (letters and set combinations of letters) and their sounds. They then build and recombine them into syllables and words. Knowing these relationships will help students recognize familiar words and accurately and automatically decode and write new words. The mind “frees up” for comprehension only after decoding becomes automatic.                  

Step-by Step Sequential Teaching Guide

The “Sequence” is the guide for teaching and learning the program. This sequential step-by-step guide coordinates the presentation of the subjects and integrates the teaching order on a daily, weekly and level (grade) basis in the Phonics Express Program Manual. The “Sequence” is also listed throughout the Ayers Spelling Word List in the manuals.

Just Start: The teacher learns along with the student!

Multi-Sensory Comprehensive Literature Based Reading Program

This Orton-Spalding method-based comprehensive phonetic language arts program uses a multisensory approach of seeing, saying, hearing and writing the phonograms and spelling words from dictation. A multi-sensory method has a synergistic effect of addressing the preferred learning style while reinforcing the less developed modalities. Using this method all students will understand the concepts being taught whether they have an auditory, visual, verbal or kinesthetic/tactile individual preferred learning style mode and motor channels. This method is multi-sensory; it develops the eyes, ears, voice, hand and arm muscles, and the right and left sides of the brain concurrently. This teaching strategy fully integrates the students mind’s natural learning dispositions; it motivates everyone - brilliant, average and challenged students of every age.

This literature based program use age appropriate books from the library, bookstore, newspapers, magazines and other sources; no limiting vocabulary controlled readers are used.

Ayers Spelling Word List

The Ayers Spelling Word List consists of 1000 high frequency words most commonly used in everyday English with 300 added derivatives and related words. The words are taught in syllables with a multi-sensory approach directly from dictation. How to teach instructions accompany each word with its vowels sound sequences and teaching tips. This method guarantees accurate spelling and fluent reading

Prepare Your Child for College in Elementary School

Now is the foundational period for your child's success in all of life's challenges. The Phonics for English Reading, Spelling & Writing Express Program Manual is sequenced Levels 1-3 (K, 1st grade, 2nd grade and 3rd grade) for beginning students in school and   homeschool.  Other learners (remedial to advanced) should start at the beginning and work through the program at their own pace.

This program is for all ages and reading levels: k-12, k-college to advanced learners. This phonetic language arts program may be used for teaching phonics to school and home school children, preschool, kindergarten, first-grade, second-grade and third-grade in primary and elementary grades, gifted, special education, bilingual English as a second language, ESL and EFL. They also have instruction for teaching and learning for the advancement of reading and spelling skills and remediation in fourth grade, fifth grade, sixth grade, seventh grade and eighth grade in middle school, high school, college, educational learning strategies for early intervention of at risk teen, illiterate, reluctant and challenged readers, career advancement, reading skills enhancement, self-help and self-learning, literacy.  Right-brain reading instruction for infants, babies, toddlers, early childhood and pre-school children has it own program. Everyone, regardless of previous education, will benefit quickly with this program 

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