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 AGAIN. Ask the child to repeat the word AGAIN.
Name the individual phonemes. Point out that the word AGAIN has four phonemes.
Spell each sound. Point out that the word AGAIN has five graphemes.
Page 2.
Ask the child to trace the letters in the word AGAIN. Ask him to use green for a predictable spelling pattern and red for an unusual one.
Ask the child to say the word AGAIN 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 AGAIN. Ask the child how to spell the word AGAIN letter by letter.
Optional: use a coding chart to mark spelling patterns.
Include the word AGAIN when teaching or reviewing the following topics: multisyllable words, shwa sound, irregular words.
Printing options: outlines and black lines.
