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