S10 E2: Orthographic mapping is a cognitive process, with Katie Pace Miles, Ph.D.
In this episode of Science of Reading: The Podcast, Susan Lambert is joined by Katie Pace Miles, Ph.D., founder of The Reading Institute and director of the Advanced Certificates in Reading Science, Brooklyn College. An expert in orthographic mapping, Pace Miles explains why it’s a cognitive process, why that means it can’t be “taught,” and how we can instead leverage an understanding of it to inform instructional practices across reading, writing, and spelling to improve comprehension. Pace Miles outlines what it takes to develop good word-reading habits in emergent readers, and offers step-by-step advice on how to implement quick intervention when needed.Show notes:Submit your questions on comprehension! Access free, high-quality resources at our brand-new companion professional learning page. Connect with Katie Pace Miles:Website: https://www.katiepacemilesphd.com/Instagram: @thereadinginstitutenyc Resources:Book: Making Words Stick: A Four-Step Instructional Routine to Power Up Orthographic Mapping Article: ”Phases of Development in Learning to Read and Spell Words” by Linnea C. EhriPodcast episode: The joy of reading aloud, with Molly NessJoin our community Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/scienceofreadingConnect with Susan Lambert: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-lambert-edd-b1512761/ Check out Season 2 of the Beyond My Years podcast at.amplify.com/bmyQuotes: "You don't teach orthographic mapping, 'cause, again, that's a cognitive process, but you can facilitate support for long-term storage of words." —Katie Pace Miles, Ph.D."Never acquiesce to illiteracy. We all, as a community that supports all readers, have to figure out what instruction needs to be provided and what dosage over what duration of time … and it will happen." —Katie Pace Miles, Ph.D."If you're focused only on phonics and not on spelling, you are going to miss a whole bunch of decoding instruction, word analysis work." —Katie Pace Miles, Ph.D."You don't need a Ph.D. to have that knowledge. That should come in all teacher training. The complexity of the English language—every teacher I've ever met can handle it once we teach it." —Katie Pace Miles, Ph.D.Episode timestamps*03:00 Introduction: Who is Katie Pace Miles? 04:00 Beginnings as a teacher07:00 Book: Making Words Stick: A four step instructional routine to power up orthographic mapping10:00 The motivation behind the book13:00 Orthographic mapping as a cognitive process17:00 Can you teach orthographic mapping?19:00 Research behind the theory of orthographic mapping24:00 Developing good word reading habits with emergent readers28:00 Reading-spelling connection32:00 Rubberband analogy: Developing speaking and reading skills in tandem34:00 Orthographic mapping can support or impede comprehension39:00 Intervention43:00 Activities and strategies from the book44:00 Final thoughts*Timestam