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Grade 1 Reading Worksheet
Circle the word with the same sh, ch, th or wh sound at the start.
shell
chin
thumb
shed
this
chat
wheel
when
A consonant digraph is two letters that together make one new sound: sh in ship, ch in chin, th in this, wh in whale and ck in duck. Children who read sh as an s followed by an h get stuck, so the pairs need to be learned as units. On this worksheet each question shows a word with a digraph, and your child circles the word that has the same digraph sound from three choices.
On the odd-numbered versions of the sheet the digraph is at the start of the words (sh, ch, th, wh), and on the even-numbered versions it is at the end (sh, ch, th, ck), so every question on a sheet asks about the same place. The two wrong words have a different digraph in that place. Point to the two letters and say the sound they make together.
Common Core standard: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.3.A
The word is ship. It starts with sh. Which word starts with the same sh sound: shop, chin or this? Shop starts with sh, so circle shop.
Choosing a word with the same first letter but a different sound, such as sun for ship.
Say the first word and listen for the two-letter sound. Which choice has it too?
Choosing a word with the same first letter but a different sound, such as sun for ship.
Say the first word and listen for the two-letter sound. Which choice has it too?
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