Worksheet

Decoding The Sight Word PICK

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

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

Include the word PICK when teaching or reviewing the following topics: consonant digraphs.

Printing options: outlines and black lines.

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