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