Making Words Stick: A Four-Step Instructional Routine to Power Up Orthographic Mapping

By Molly Ness and Katie Pace Miles

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.

Educator Takeaways:

- 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 who need to accelerate older 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1546176454
• ISBN13: 9781546176459
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Scholastic Professional
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.3" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 5 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 5