Making Words Stick: A Four-Step Instructional Routine to Power Up Orthographic Mapping (The Science of Reading in Practice)

The average reader instantly recognizes 30,000 to 70,000 words―with no need to 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 learn how to connect decoding, encoding, and meaning through a four-step, research-based, classroom-tested routine that accelerates students’ abilities to lift words off the page and capture them in reading and writing.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Scholastic Professional
Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 20, 2025
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 160 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1546176454
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1546176459
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.2 ounces
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 5 – 10 years
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 0.25 x 8.75 inches
Part of series ‏ : ‎ The Science of Reading in Practice
Grade level ‏ : ‎ Kindergarten – 5
Best Sellers Rank: #48,184 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #36 in Language Arts Teaching Materials #54 in Reading & Phonics Teaching Materials #2,260 in Children’s Reference & Nonfiction (Books)
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