Worksheet

Decoding The Sight Word AN

Orthographic mapping involves the formation of letter-sound connections. It extracts the word’s spelling and stores it in long-term memory as a sight word.

Page 1.
Name the word. Say the word AN. Ask the child to repeat the word AN.
Name the individual phonemes. Point out that the word AN has two phonemes.
Spell each sound. Point out that the word AN has two graphemes.

Page 2.
Ask the child to trace the letters in the word AN. Ask him to use green for a predictable spelling pattern and red for an unusual one.
Ask the child to say the word AN and place a chip in a box for each sound he hears. Ask him how many sounds he hears.
Ask the child to write the letters to make the word AN. Ask the child how to spell the word AN letter by letter.
Optional: use a coding chart to mark spelling patterns.

Include the word AN when teaching or reviewing the following topics: VC short vowels.

Printing options: outlines and black lines.

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