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Why is Sound Mapping So Effective?
Do you have a reader who sounds out most words before reading the entire word such as /p – o – p/, pop?
While it is most definitely a milestone when our readers get to the point when they can sound out, then blend the sounds to read the correct words, we don’t want them to get stuck here. We want them to eventually be able to remember these words instead of needing to sound out the words every time they come across them in their reading.
This is where orthographic mapping comes into play. Orthographic mapping is the internal process readers use to get words to stick in memory, or into their “sight word bank.”
Unlike you might think, readers don’t build a “sight word bank” by just memorizing whole words.
When our learners have practiced sounding through words AND connecting the sounds to the spellings of words enough times {How many times? It’s different for each child!}, they can eventually move that word/word pattern into memory.
And when we map words by showing our learners how to connect the sounds in words to the written letters in words, we are modeling for our learners how we want them to think about words and spellings internally. We are helping them build orthographic connections with words and word patterns {like the CVC pattern}.
Watch my video on phoneme-grapheme mapping to see how to map words with other spelling patterns.
Short o Mapping Task Cards
In this FREE printable pack, you’ll find 20 color short o mapping task cards plus a CVC recording sheet. I would encourage you to laminate the cards ahead of time so that your learners can use dry erase marker to write on them. {See Step 3 below.}
Encourage learners to follow these steps as they use the mapping task cards:
Step 1 ~ Name the picture ~ “pop.” You’ll find a picture key on the first page of the free PDF below.
Step 2 ~ Stretch out the sounds {or phonemes} in the word, then slide a chip or counter for EACH SOUND you hear ~ /p – o – p/, which has three sounds.
Step 3 ~ Move the counters out of the way, one box/sound at a time, beginning with the first one. Use dry erase marker to write the letters that correspond with each sound in the word: POP. In this step, we’re helping readers build the sound-spelling relationship.
Step 4 ~ Use the recording sheet to write the spelling. {In the paid version of this set, I’ve included an answer sheet so learners can check their answers.}
Step 5 ~ Don’t skip this step! It’s VERY important to the process! Later that same day or within the next day or two, encourage learners to take only their recording sheet and READ back all the words they’ve spelled {without the help of images.} They can read them back to you or to a partner. They can also take the recording pages home and read them to siblings, parents, grandparents, pets, or stuffed animals.
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Enjoy teaching!
~Becky
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