Orthographic mapping activities are extremely powerful for learning to read. They are also one of the Science of Reading's favourite tools, as they align with the process that goes on in our brain when we are learning to read and storing words in our long-term memory for immediate retrieval when reading.
In this video I go through 3 different Orthographic mapping activities that you can easily do with your child or your students when learning to read.
2 of the Orthographic Activities that I demonstrate in this video are for learning high-frequency words. The other one, you can use it for any word.
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FREE MATERIALS:
- Template mentioned on the video: [ Ссылка ]
- Play the High-Frequency Words Game: [ Ссылка ]
- The Golden Document for Understanding High-Frequency Words (May Change the Way You Look at High-Frequency Words Forever!): [ Ссылка ]
Learn About Orthographic Mapping on our Blog: [ Ссылка ]
Even more free resources at: [ Ссылка ]
VIDEOS MENTIONED ON THE VIDEO:
What Is Orthographic Mapping?: [ Ссылка ]
How to Teach High-Frequency Words in the Right Way: [ Ссылка ]
RECOMMENDED BOOKS if you really want to geek into Orthographic Mapping/ How We Learn to Read:
- Equipped for Reading Success, David A. Kilpatrick: [ Ссылка ] (*Amazon link)
- Reading in the Brain, Stanislas Dehaene: [ Ссылка ] (*Amazon link)
The activities I present to you are simple and do not require fancy materials or a lot of preparation.
Studies have shown that we need around 5 repetitions of this process to store words in our memory, even though the final number or repetitions that we need depends on a series of factors that I explain on the video.
Even though it may seen complicated, the Orthographic mapping process is just tying together the individual sounds we hear in words to their graphic representation or letters. Sometimes the letters can be the expected ones (phonetically regular words) or they can present unexpected spellings (irregular words). In this case, we may need more repetitions, but the process works just the same.
