Which activity is designed to teach sound-letter mapping?

Which activity is designed to teach sound-letter mapping?

• A. Teaching sound-letter mapping
• B. Skimming for main idea
• C. Silent reading
• D. Dictation practice

Answer: (A)

Sound-letter mapping means connecting the sounds we hear with the letters we see, so learners can decode and spell words. An activity designed to teach this directly provides explicit instruction on which sounds go with which letters and gives focused practice in using those connections. This direct approach builds a solid link between phonemes and graphemes, helping students blend sounds into words and spell accurately. Skimming for main idea or silent reading focus on understanding or fluency rather than teaching the sound-letter links, and while dictation practice uses sounds to produce letters, it’s typically used to apply or reinforce mappings rather than introduce them.

Sound-letter mapping means connecting the sounds we hear with the letters we see, so learners can decode and spell words. An activity designed to teach this directly provides explicit instruction on which sounds go with which letters and gives focused practice in using those connections. This direct approach builds a solid link between phonemes and graphemes, helping students blend sounds into words and spell accurately. Skimming for main idea or silent reading focus on understanding or fluency rather than teaching the sound-letter links, and while dictation practice uses sounds to produce letters, it’s typically used to apply or reinforce mappings rather than introduce them.