Use for encoding:

Helpful tips:

• use the non-dominate hand for pounding and tapping, then student can pound and tap as needed while writing the word.
• start with the left most finger and tap to the right (start with green and end on red) -- we read left to right, so we tap left to right
• only give the student the hand they need, not both

Steps:

• dictate the word
• pound the word
  • if the word has more than one syllable, pound all syllables, then pound just the first syllable

• tap the sounds in the word -- we tap left to right because we read left to right
• pound the word again
• focus on each sound to spell the sound

example:

• Teacher: chip
• (pound fist) and say word chip
• start on the left most finger ch - i - p
• (pound fist) chip
• I heard the sound /ch/ how do we spell that sound?