Worksheet

Decoding The Sight Word THEN

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

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

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

Printing options: outlines and black lines.

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