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