Best Science of Reading Books for Teachers (Orton Gillingham)

This book is great for seasoned teachers looking to shift from Balanced Literacy to Science of Reading. Each chapter focuses on one simple change to the areas of Reading Comprehension, Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, High-Frequency Words, Cueing Systems, and Text Selection.

Another great read for teachers who are new to the Science of Reading. It gives real-life, practical examples of how teachers can better serve diverse learners.

This book came highly recommended during my practicum as I worked to get OG certified, and I have learned so much from it! It has research-backed instructional strategies, case studies, and reproducible resources to use with students.

This book shares the essentials about how kids learn to read, how teachers can provide high-quality skills instruction, and simple changes to make in the classroom to help students thrive!

This is a "practical, accessible, in-depth guide to reading assessment and intervention." I really enjoyed the detailed information regarding learning disabilities and how to properly assess and intevene with struggling readers.

The book discusses the 7 important "ingredients" for reading success: readiness skills, scope and sequence, blending, dictation, word awareness activities, high-frequency words, and reading connecting texts. It also discusses the most common reason that interventions fail, which is often overlooked, in my opinion. I think this book is a must-read for every teacher!

This is one of the course books in Lexercise's professional development trainings. This workbook gives teachers information designed to improe their multisensory structured literacy approach with kids who have dyslexia and other learning disabilities. The information is super helpful with lesson planning, too!

I found this book super interesting! It's a research-based framework of “brain words," which are basically described as dictionaries in our brains where we store and automatically access sounds, spellings, and meanings. It is a deeper read, but it shares lots of information about how the brain works and ideas for individual and classroom activities.

This book was updated in 2020 with up to date research on identifying, understanding, and overcoming reading problems. I like that it discusses overcoming dyslexia not just in young learners but in terms of middle, high school, college, AND adults.

This book gives you the literal step-by-step program to help equip your students for success. It includes information, strategies, and assessments, like the PAST. I love using the one-minute drills with my students to build PA.

This book is a true gem. It answers tons of questions about English spelling and grammar in an easy-to-read format with lots of examples. It's a must-read for anyone looking to unravel the mysteries of the English language.

I read this book during Lexercise's professional development course called The Structure of Written English. It's a comprehensive book that taught me about the connection between spoken and written language. It's a deep and informative read, but one well worth your time!

This book shares amazing insight and gives a clear method of instruction to help students become strong and confident writers. Finally, a book that breaks the writing process down into manageable chunks to teach kids, building success along the way!

This was my very first OG book, written by Anna Gillingham herself. It is a comprehensive guide to structured literature. The content is organized and practical, giving explicit examples of how to put OG into practice to help struggling readers and spellers.

This trusty little book is a must-have for all teachers! I use it almost every day. It has the answers to almost any question that arises concerning spelling or punctuation. It's organized by phonics concepts in alphabetical order, making it super easy and time-effective to look up anything you may not fully understand.

This all-in-one resource clearly explains what to teach and how to teach it! You'll get research-backed information along with practical teaching strategies to help build your students' vocabulary knowledge. We included this one in our list of gifts for reading teachers because we love it so much!

This book is the best out there when it comes to providing structured comprehension instruction. It shares the fundamentals of information, a framework for instruction, and practical tools that align with the science of reading. A workbook that goes along with it is about to be released!

If you are looking for a tried and true scope and sequence for teaching structured literacy, this affordable resource is perfect. It succinctly outlines a progression of skills from simple to complex, and gives lots of words, sentences, and activities to make teaching the concepts easy.

This book outlines many instructional routines and practical activities to build your students' PA skills. It has various strategies that are organized by the three RTI Tiers so that you can use the targeted activities appropriately with your students. As a bonus, it also includes a simplified version of the PAST assessment.