Recording of Dr. Molly Ness: Making Words Stick and Transfer with Orthographic Mapping Webinar

Presenter: Dr. Molly Ness Description: The adult reader instantly recognizes 50,000 words. How did they get there? Through orthographic mapping - a process in which a word’s meaning, appearance, and sound structure become glued together for instant recognition. In this session, Dr. Ness, author of the 2025 Scholastic book on orthographic mapping, does the following: ● Explain why words must be mapped, not memorized ● Showcase the theory and research behind orthographic mapping ● Give instructional routines to build readers’ sight word identification Walk away with evidence-based strategies you can use right away in your classroom. Presenter Bio: Dr. Molly Ness is a former classroom teacher, a reading researcher, and a teacher educator. She earned a doctorate in reading education at the University of Virginia, and spent 16 years as an associate professor at Fordham University in New York City. The author of six books, Molly sits on the board of the World Literacy Foundation. Dr. Ness has extensive experience in reading clinics, consulting with school districts, leading professional development, and advising school systems on research-based reading instruction. She provided literacy leadership for nationally recognized literacy non-profits, as well as major educational publishers. IMPORTANT: This is a per-person fee for those who intend to watch this recording, which will be available for one month. After purchasing, you will receive an email with the subject line "Your downloads are ready." This contains the links to the recording, the handout, and the evaluation. CREDITS: This training offers 2 cont. ed. hours for all, and Certificate Maintenance Hours (CMHs) for Speech Language Pathologists. ASHA accepts CMHs towards the 30 hours needed for re-certification. PURCHASE ORDERS are accepted at check out on the order summary page or they may be faxed to 781-812-2441, emailed to info@readingwithtlc.com, or mailed to Reading with TLC, 775 Pleasant Street, Suite 6, Weymouth, MA 02189. ATTENDEES: If you are paying for and registering someone else or registering a group of people, please enter the attendee names and emails in the PO section on the order summary page. CANCELLATION POLICY: No Cancellations.