This teacher resource details an effective method to help students understand the often confusing relationship between phonemes (the sounds we hear in a word) and graphemes (the letters that represent those sounds). Students who have difficulty transferring their phonological awareness to print will learn to map words while diagramming the letter/sound relationship. Phonics and Spelling Through Phoneme-Grapheme Mapping:

• Employs a variety of mapping methods to illustrate the complex yet predictable letter/sound relationships of written English
• Strengthens phonemic awareness while simultaneously building the association of word sound to word spelling

The lessons in Phoneme-Grapheme Mapping teach students to read and spell through a highly motivational, concrete, and carefully monitored format that helps students to become metacognitive about the rules and patterns of written English. Although the lessons are often used to teach spelling, teachers see an immediate transfer to independent decoding,including decoding of multisyllabic words.