The average reader instantly and effortlessly recognizes 30,000 to 70,000 words—with no need to decode them or sound them out. How does that happen? Through a process called orthographic mapping! This book explains the process by which readers embed words into their long-term memories, and the instruction necessary to help K–5 students do just that. Teachers will gain these understandings:
• How the brain moves from decoding words to processing them so they “stick” and can be automatically read and spelled.
• Why common instructional practices, such as rote memorization, are ineffective.
• How to connect decoding, encoding, and meaning through a four-step, research-based, classroom-tested routine that enables students to lift words off the
page and capture them in reading and writing.
KEY FEATURES
• No more rote memorization of words–this routine
makes words stick permanently so students spend
less time and energy decoding, more time reading.
• Provides the missing link for K-2 teachers who must
teach foundational skills and for 3–5 teachers who
need to accelerate striving readers.
• Includes classroom videos that show the four-part
routine in action, and downloadable tools
to implement it.
• Can be integrated with any K-5 reading curriculum
to provide a stronger foundation for kids.