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 BLUE. Ask the child to repeat the word BLUE.
Name the individual phonemes. Point out that the word BLUE has three phonemes.
Spell each sound. Point out that the word BLUE has four graphemes.
Page 2.
Ask the child to trace the letters in the word BLUE. Ask him to use green for a predictable spelling pattern and red for an unusual one.
Ask the child to say the word BLUE 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 BLUE. Ask the child how to spell the word BLUE letter by letter.
Optional: use a coding chart to mark spelling patterns.
Include the word BLUE when teaching or reviewing the following topics: unusual spelling (ue as long o, like in the word boot), beginning blends.
Printing options: outlines and black lines.
