Worksheet

Decoding The Sight Word GOES

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

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

Include the word GOES when teaching or reviewing the following topics: irregular words.

Printing options: outlines and black lines.

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