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The Spelling Routine using Mapped Words®
Storing words in the orthographic lexicon (the brain’s word bank)
This is so powerful we have created a dedicated web site and show 'Code Overlays' over high frequency words, to show which letters are graphemes and their corresponding phonemes (sounds) "If they don't know it, show it!"
To then secure these words in the brain's word bank (orthgraphic lexicon) we use The Spelling Routine using Mapped Words®.
The Spelling Routine with Mapped Words® is a free routine used to support dyslexic learners and children who struggle with high-frequency words often called sight words, including statutory spelling words for England. It is demonstrated in short word-mapping videos on MappedWords.com, which is its canonical home. We also show Speedie Readies Members how to use the routine in the early years, even before children can draw Speech Sound Lines and Numbers. The way the Spelling Routine is used can look different for three-year-olds compared with ten-year-olds, but it retains the same underlying principles. These principles support the storage of words in the orthographic lexicon in both directions, from speech to print and from print to speech.
The Spelling Routine using Mapped Words®
Visit the site dedicated to The Spelling Routine
When they are learning The Spelling Routine, they first work out what the word means.
They then look at the mapped word and type it in Phonemies using the tech.
They say the word aloud over the whiteboard.
They Duck Hand the word, which means segmenting the word into sounds from
left to right and blending.
They draw the speech sound lines while saying the sounds and then the word.
They write the numbers, saying the sounds and then the word.
If using Phonemies, they then add the Speech Sound Monsters onto the lines.
They Duck Hand the word again.
They then push the first Phonemie up and draw the Sound Pic (grapheme) on the line while saying the sound. They keep going until all sounds are on the lines.
They Duck Hand the word again.
They write the word twice, saying the sounds and then the word both times.
If doing it without Phonemies, just ignore that step.
This bonds speech sounds, spelling, and meaning.
When checking mastery, they do this without first looking at the mapped word.
Speech Sound Pics (SSP) Approach teachers supporting children in the early years learn The Spelling Routine with satpin words. They introduce this within the Speech Sound Play plan before starting SSP. It is used to develop phonemic awareness and phonological working memory.