Patrick Beaver Learning Resource Center

An incredible group of educators spent time learning, growing, and adding powerful new tools to their teaching toolkit through Orton-Gillingham training at the Patrick Beaver Learning Resource Center.

And we’re not saying goodbye after training week! 🙌 Throughout the school year, we’ll walk alongside this cohort as they put their learning into practice, continuing toward full certification as Orton-Gillingham classroom educators.

We can’t wait to see what happens when great teachers have great tools and the support to put them to work! ✨

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Patrick Beaver Learning Resource Center is here to empower striving readers, encourage their parents, and equip their teachers. Contact us today to help your child or become a trained reading tutor in our community!

Email [email protected]
Call 828-624-2012

Our volunteer tutors discover PBLRC in surprising ways!

Hear how Katerina’s trip to the farmers market helped her change lives in our community.

➡️ No teaching experience needed! We train and equip volunteers to become literacy tutors.

➡️ YOU can join us for training cohorts in October and November! DM or call us today!

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Patrick Beaver Learning Resource Center is here to empower striving readers, encourage their parents, and equip their teachers. Contact us today to help your child or become a trained reading tutor in our community!

Email [email protected]
Call 828-624-2012

Let’s teach a sight word from start to finish! This is Part 2.

Watch as we finish our sight word lesson by moving from practice → memory → meaning.

First, we add texture! The student traces the word on an embroidery mat while looking at the large-print word:

🔊 Out loud
🤫 Whisper
🤐 Silently

Then she spells the word on a marker board 3 times, saying each letter as she writes.

Next? Cover it up and spell it from memory. ✨
And finally, the most important step:
💬 Put the word in a sentence.
Because knowing a sight word isn't just about recognizing or spelling it.

Meaning is the true measure of learning and understanding. 💛

Save Parts 1 & 2 to try this lesson with your reader!

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Patrick Beaver Learning Resource Center is here to empower striving readers, encourage their parents, and equip their teachers. Contact us today to help your child or become a trained reading tutor in our community!

Email [email protected]
Call 828-624-2012

What does it actually look like to teach a sight word? 👀
Let’s teach one from start to finish! This is Part 1.

First, we:
🔤 Introduce the word
🗣️ Sound it out
👀 Identify the “tricky” letters—the ones that don’t make the sound we expect

Then it’s time to SKY WRITE!

Have the student trace the letters in the air with straight arms and big movements:

🔊 Out loud
🤫 Whisper voice
🤐 Silently

That big movement adds another sensory pathway to the learning process and gives the brain more ways to practice and remember the word.

And remember: We’re not just memorizing a word—we’re building a memory for how the word is spelled.🧠✨

Stay tuned for Part 2 to see what comes next!

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Patrick Beaver Learning Resource Center is here to empower striving readers, encourage their parents, and empower their teachers. Contact us today to help your child or become a trained reading tutor in our community!

Email [email protected]
Call 828-624-2012

Practicing a 5 letter sight word? SING IT 🎵🎤

Music is one of the many multisensory strategies we use to make sight words stick.

Try it!!

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Patrick Beaver Learning Resource Center is here to empower striving readers, encourage their parents, and equip their teachers. Contact us today to help your child or become a trained reading tutor in our community!

Email [email protected]
Call 828-624-2012

Always wanted to volunteer, but couldn't commit to a full week of training? We've made it easier than ever to get started!

Join us for our monthly Tutor Information Coffee Hour and learn how you can make a difference in a child's life through the Augustine Literacy Project.

✨ New this year:
• Training is now just 3 days (instead of a full week!)
• We're offering 5 training cohorts throughout the year
• More flexibility, more opportunities, and more ways to get involved

Stop by our office for a cup of coffee to learn more!

➡ We are NOT located at the library. Please visit us at 1925 Tate Blvd SE, Hickory NC!
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Patrick Beaver Learning Resource Center is here to empower striving readers, encourage their parents, and equip their teachers. Contact us today to help your child or become a trained reading tutor in our community!
Email [email protected]
Call 828-624-2012