We have made it to the end of the All About Orthographic Mapping blog series. My goal was for readers to know the definition of orthographic mapping, understand its importance and have strategies to promote mapping in your classroom.
I am hopeful that has been accomplished! :)
In pervious posts, I gave TWELVE...YES 12...strategies teachers should start using in their classrooms to help students map words, so today... lets talk resources.
But, wait a minute...what is the difference between strategies and resources?
Strategies are quick, engaging and easy to implement. A strategy requires little to no materials and preparation. Resources, on the other hand, have a bit more meat to them. Resources are teaching materials that are more comprehensive in nature and might require more time to implement and prepare. Below are FIVE resources that will help students map words!
- Word sorting is focused on orthography, specifically identifying the patterns within words. When students categorize words based on their spelling, sounds or even their meaning they are mapping words. Using word sorts has NOTHING to do with memorization, but everything to do with orthographic development!
- Students need explicit and systematic phonics instruction in order to crack the code of our written language. With that being said, we NEED to explicitly teach students high frequency words as many of them are used in decodable readers and help make meaningful sentences. The majority of high frequency words are decodable, and students are able to read them using their decoding strategies. However, some high frequency words are heart words (irregularly spelled). These heart words need special attention. Research has shown that attending to the letter sound correspondences in irregular words (heart words) promotes memory in a similar manner to how we store regular words. (Kilpatrick, 2016, p. 58) This means we point out the predictable AND irregular part of a heart word. The flashcards below include all of Fry's high frequency words with heart words identified.
- This research based spelling/phonics program teaches the developmental stages of spelling. The curriculum ranges from Pre-K all the way to high school and is a wonderful resource for orthographic development.
- Teaching students rime units will increase their skills in sounding out words and spelling. Words are stored in our brains by onsets and rimes and if students are directly taught common rime units--they will be able to quickly and efficiently decode unfamiliar words. Rime Magic, by Sharon Zinke, teaches students to see the rime in each word. This program can be used as a prevention or intervention.
- I cannot say enough positive things about this book! Equipped for Reading Success provides teachers with foundational knowledge about what needs to be done to solve word level reading problems AND how to solve them.
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