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Pam's Orton Gillingham Reading Tutors — Charlotte, NC

—Leading Orton Gillingham Tutors since 2005
—Online Virtual Tutors or Face-to-Face Tutors
—Orton-Gillingham Experienced, Trained, and Multiple Certifications
—Including Current NC Public Educators and Retired
—Kindergarten–High School
—Year-Round Tutoring Available

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"Pam has a deep background of experience — a parent of a dyslexic daughter, a former Fletcher School substitute, and an Orton-Gillingham tutor for the past 18 years."

Is Your Child Struggling?

Ask Yourself These Questions

How well does my child know their letter sounds?

Can my child decode and sound-out unknown words?

How well does my child read nonsense words?

How well does my child identify vowel sounds in the middle of words?

Is my child on track with learning their sight words?

Is my child an accurate reader or do they guess at words, skip small common sight words, but still comprehend the paragraph?

Is my child progressing as well as the majority of his/her classmates?

Does my child struggle with reading comprehension or vocabulary?

If you answered "yes" to any of these, structured literacy tutoring may help your child thrive.

Learn More About Our Approach

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The Orton Gillingham Structured Literacy Approach

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Pillar 01

Phonemic Awareness

Our multisensory phonemic awareness activities develop the child's listening skills and letter/sound awareness. Phonemic awareness is the ability to hear and manipulate individual phonemes. Activities are included in the lessons in order to blend, segment, and manipulate sounds, which is a reading fundamental.

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Pillar 02

Phonics

Our multisensory phonics-based program teaches letter-sound awareness in a systematic and structured approach. The rules and sounds of the letters blended into words make for a logical and systematic approach. Orton Gillingham is not a program — it is an approach. Science and research has proven the Orton Gillingham and Structured Literacy approach to reading as the Gold Standard around the world.

Pillar 03

Spelling

Spelling based on taught strategies and concepts will ensure that your child improves spelling and writing skills. The spelling of words in the English language is not always easy. The Orton Gillingham and Structured Literacy approach will ensure your student will have the skills needed to improve spelling.

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Pillar 04

Fluency

Fluency drills will give your child the ability to read with appropriate speed, accuracy, prosody, and proper expression.

We are so grateful for Pam's tutoring service and for our tutor Tami. My daughter has dyslexia and was really struggling with reading. She met with Tami virtually for the last year and she has made incredible progress! Tami is patient and kind, and my daughter really enjoyed their sessions. We noticed an improvement in her reading after only a couple of months, and now she is on grade level. She easily passed her end-of-grade reading test this year after not passing last year, and her teacher said her growth was triple the typical student's growth from year to year! Even better, her confidence has increased and she no longer dreads having to read. Tami is an amazing tutor and has been a blessing to our family!

— A Pam's Reading Review, May 2026