Worksheet

Decoding The Sight Word YOU

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

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

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

Printing options: outlines and black lines.

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