​How to Use Orthographic Mapping to Teach Sight Words

Did you know that kids don’t learn sight words just by memorizing what they look like? They go through the process of orthographic mapping - and we can help speed up that process through our teaching!

In this video, I demonstrate an instructional strategy that uses orthographic mapping to really make sight words stick!

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[learningattheprimarypond]

I should also add that orthographic mapping = the process in the brain! What I demonstrated was just one strategy to help reinforce and speed that process along 🙂

[Altenbam]

After teaching PreK for many years, I am now a brand new first-year teacher all over again! I’m teaching kindergarten this year and feel so lost much of the time. Your videos help me so much. Thank you.

[rosacalvillo]

I am currently teaching kindergarten for the first time in my life. Thank you so much your videos are very helpful I am so happy that I found your channel

[leighheidenthal]

Memorize. Thank you for this video. It is so important to use orthographic mapping with the primary students.

[sarahmanwell]

Thank you for your video! Just to note, high frequency words and sight words are not the same. High frequency words are words that appear often in written text, where as sight words are words that we instantly recognize. High frequency words are not always sight words.

[SvenAERTS]

It is as if English was developed by someone suffering from dyslexia.
In dutch language, very related to English, we are much more logical - and that's why written English is so difficult. The example: "Like", in flemish, would be written "Leik" and "Lik" = from "Licking", as in "I lick the postage stamp" = "Ik lik de post zegel (seal)".

[akanisilikucali]

Memorize, Really like your video.I will teach my children this, Thanks

[cathynicholson]

I really like the tips! I homeschool my grandson

[lindadoe]

Thanks for sharing these helpful strategies!

[svetlanasovushka]

It looks great! Thank you so much. I will do it in my English class.

[kimbonaventure]

Very helpful video. I’m a mom of a first grader.

[learningattheprimarypond]

When you first learned to teach sight words, were you taught to have kids memorize them? (Type “memorize” in a comment if so)

[BobbiGail]

I earned my teaching degree in the early 1990's. The BIG PUSH was whole language... memorize everything. Which worked for maybe 20% of my class. Ridiculous. People are not cookies... people are different and learn differently!

[tracydoverspike]

I was one of these teachers who were taught to just introduce the sight word, called a "red word, " and with enough practice and use it, they'd learn it. I wonder how we can teach reading and graduate from college when we weren't taught the "new" way? I get that there is new research to tell us a better way, but I'm wondering if the old model is one of the reasons why we have so many students who aren't at grade level?

[heathervoyer]

ELLs confusing decoding skills (for CVC) (where vowels are *always* short) with reading HFWs. So automaticity is not happening yet. (Vowel sounds tough for ELLs as it is.) Suggestions?

[booksphinx]

High frequency words are not sight words. High frequency words are words that appear often in text ("the", "is", "a", etc.). Sight words are words you know automatically. Many sight words are high frequency words, but every person's sight word lexicon is different. Whereas, experts have made lists of high frequency words. It is a common misconception that these words are interchangable, but they are not. For many adults, all high frequency words are sight words, but not all sight words are high frequency words.

[karatilud]

Thank you ma'am, I really need this information right now💖

[allisonwalker]

Love the examples and explanations! Thanks!

[aimeewelch]

Would you tell me where you got the vowel digraph cards on your board? I love them. Thanks!

[sherihughes]

Thank you for your video. I am wondering if this works for spelling, as well?