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The science of reading shows that mapping words can promote orthographic mapping and strengthen phoneme-grapheme associations to create strong readers! Using these research-based Word Mapping resources and activities, students connect the speech sounds (phonemes) of a word to the letters or letter combinations (graphemes). This process of phoneme-grapheme word mapping will help students permanently store words in their sight word memory.
Use these science of reading-aligned word mapping activities for whole group instruction, targeted small group instruction and/or as a meaningful literacy center activity.
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⭐️ WORD MAPPING – DIGITAL SLIDES & PRINTABLE ACTIVITIES ⭐️
Included in this download are interactive digital slides for over 485 words. These interactive slides are perfect for independent student practice or center work. Students will see a picture of the word to build meaning, hear an audio recording of the word, map the phonemes (sounds) they hear, and then spell the word using graphemes.
This resource also includes printable phoneme-grapheme association mapping boards and word image cards for guided group instruction. Use these printables to complete the same word mapping routine with your students!
Resource includes:
- Digital word mapping Google slides for over 485 words
- Printable image cards for each word
- Printable word mapping practice pages
- PNG backgrounds included for use in Seesaw (not a ready-made activity)
⭐️ WORD MAPPING WORKSHEETS BUNDLE ⭐️
These phoneme tapping and mapping worksheets provide practice with short vowels, blends, digraphs, long vowels, CVCe, R-controlled, and diphthong words. This resource includes 42 printables with self-checking answer keys that are perfect for independent student practice, literary centers, homework, or left as a meaningful activity for a substitute.
Included Phonics Patterns:
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- short a
- short i
- short o
- short u
- short e
- l blends
- s blends
- r blends
- final blends
- digraphs ch, sh
- digraphs th, wh
- digraphs _ng, nk
- open syllables – one syllable words (ex. hi, so)
- CVCe a_e, i_e
- CVCe o_e, u_e
- long vowel a (ai, ay)
- long vowel e (ee, ea)
- long vowel o (oa, ow)
- long vowel i ( _y, igh)
- long vowel u (ew, ue)
- r-controlled ar
- r-controlled er, ir, ur
- r-controlled or, ore
- variant vowel long and short oo
- diphthong ow, ou
- diphthong oi, oy
- complex vowel /aw/: au, aw, alk
- r-controlled are, air, ear
- long i and o (ild, ind, old)
- long i and o (ie, oe)
- long e (_y, ey, ie)
See what teachers are saying about these Word Mapping Activities :
“I absolutely LOVE this resource. It allows me to tailor small-group instruction around specific skills. This can be done at the small group table with a teacher, or independently as a small-group task. Once students get the routine down it’s a low-prep way to differentiate. Great resource!”
“WOW! This resource is packed FULL of mapping activities that research proves are so very beneficial to students. I highly recommend this product for all students no matter their level of reading.”
“My first grade students and I have loved using this resource. It’s science of reading aligned. It’s easy to use, all you have to do is print and go!”
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Olwyn Hughes (verified owner) –
This is a great resource. I like it so much that I bought it twice! Once on TpT and once here! Oops! I find it really useful to use with small groups of students who are needing extra practice. Thanks for creating such a great resource!
Christina –
Hi Olwyn, Thank you so much for your purchases, I’m so happy to hear you love the word mapping resources too! If you email me a screenshot of your purchase receipt from TPT I’ll give you a store credit and you can get something else! Or maybe you want to gift your duplicate set to a teacher bestie! 🙂 -Christina christina@mrswintersbliss.com
Tammy Verba (verified owner) –
Love this! I can’t wait to use it with my kinders.
Norma Esparza (verified owner) –
Love, love Love it. Thank you!
denmotherof3 (verified owner) –
I was looking for a resource that met my needs. This resource is perfect and is aligned with the science of reading! I love that I can use this resource with my students during reading interventions as well as my students in my afternoon kinder class! I love the clipart too!! Thank you for creating such great resources that supplement new phonics skills that also target phonological skills too!
Danielle Moore (verified owner) –
This is such greatness for stations and I love how it brings in the multi-sensory approach and my kids are so engaged while doing the stations.
Kathy Ditto (verified owner) –
I purchased this resource to support the application of some of our phonemic awareness activities to reading and writing. This has been a game-changer! I’m overjoyed when I see students now independently ‘tapping’ the words that they are trying to write. Like many of Christina’s resources, they are really interconnected, and my students use these activities well in conjunction with our classroom sound wall. They especially love it when the we use the Poppits at our word-mapping centre. Thanks!
rgrant (verified owner) –
Such a great resource! I’m so glad to have found out about it at Mrs. Winter’s PD this week (which have also been AMAZING!) Thank you!
Brenda Baker (verified owner) –
I love how this resources works so well with the decodable sentences and stories. It makes the lesson complete!
Susan Bethoney (verified owner) –
I had used some of your freebies in the classroom and loved them! I was then motivated to purchase your word mapping bundle. I am very excited to integrate them into my small groups. Thank you! : )
hondo4274 (verified owner) –
Everything I’ve purchased (or downloaded as a freebie) is quality, appealing to children, and fits perfectly with the structure literacy program I am using. Thank you!
Chris Westrop (verified owner) –
I am so excited to try these new resources out next year with my Prep Class. I love the resources, easy layout, colourful and such a fun way to teach and consolidate phonemic awareness such as word mapping skills. Thank you!
jenoleary10 (verified owner) –
This bundle is a lifesaver! I use these in my centre activities, small group instruction for students who need more focus on skills. I have even use them if I have students that struggled with a particular word study skill has more practice and review. Amazing resource!