Worksheet

Decoding The Sight Word FOUND

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 FOUND. Ask the child to repeat the word FOUND.
Name the individual phonemes. Point out that the word FOUND has four phonemes.
Spell each sound. Point out that the word FOUND has five graphemes.

Page 2.
Ask the child to trace the letters in the word FOUND. Ask him to use green for a predictable spelling pattern and red for an unusual one.
Ask the child to say the word FOUND 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 FOUND. Ask the child how to spell the word FOUND letter by letter.
Optional: use a coding chart to mark spelling patterns.

Include the word FOUND when teaching or reviewing the following topics: diphthongs, ending blends.

Printing options: outlines and black lines.

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