Orthographic mapping involves the formation of letter-sound connections. It extracts the word’s spelling and stores it in long-term memory as a sight word.
Page 1.
Name the word. Say the word AFTER. Ask the child to repeat the word AFTER.
Name the individual phonemes. Point out that the word AFTER has four phonemes.
Spell each sound. Point out that the word AFTER has five graphemes.
Page 2.
Ask the child to trace the letters in the word AFTER. Ask him to use green for a predictable spelling pattern and red for an unusual one.
Ask the child to say the word AFTER and place a chip in a box for each sound he hears. Ask him how many sounds he hears.
Ask the child to write the letters to make the word AFTER. Ask the child how to spell the word AFTER letter by letter.
Optional: use a coding chart to mark spelling patterns.
Include the word AFTER when teaching or reviewing the following topics: multisyllable words, r-controlled vowels.
Printing options: outlines and black lines.
