Worksheet

Decoding The Sight Word WAS

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

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

Include the word WAS when teaching or reviewing the following topics: first set, irregular words.

Printing options: outlines and black lines.

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