Developing a large sight word vocabulary depends upon orthographic mapping, “a process that involves the formation of letter-sound connections to bond the spelling, pronunciations, and meanings of specific words in memory. It explains how children learn to read by sight, to spell words from memory, and to acquire vocabulary words from print.” (Ehri, 2014). This session will review orthographic mapping and instructional practices that result in student engagement in this essential connection forming process. In addition, terms that are often confused: high frequency words, irregular words and sight words will be clarified. Best practices in structured literacy instruction and instructional routines for teaching high frequency words will be shared to facilitate the orthographic mapping process and increase students’ sight word vocabulary.
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