Grade 1 - Reading
6 printable versions - Building Confidence - About 6 minutes each
Grade 1 - Reading - Building Confidence
Worksheet 1Read ship. Which digraph is at the start?
Complete the missing digraph in whip.
Which word contains the wh digraph?
Choose the word with sh at its start.
Which letter team spells one sound in ship?
Read shop. Which digraph is at the start?
Complete the missing digraph in thin.
Which word uses the same digraph as chat?
Choose the word with th at its start.
Which letter team spells one sound in shop?
A consonant digraph is a pair of letters that works together to spell one sound, as in sh in ship or ch in chat. This can be confusing just after children learn blends, because both patterns put consonants side by side. The helpful test is to listen: a blend keeps both sounds, while a digraph makes one combined sound. This worksheet repeatedly connects the sound to its two-letter spelling. Children identify digraphs at the beginning and end of words, replace a missing pair, match words that share a digraph, sort examples, and contrast the pattern with other letter pairs. Support practice stays with common opening sh, ch, th, and wh. Standard adds endings such as ng and ck, and challenge places those patterns in slightly longer one-syllable words. Say the whole word naturally first, then stretch only the target edge so your child hears the digraph as one sound rather than two separate letter names.
Ship begins with sh. The two letters s and h work together to spell one /sh/ sound.
Trying to pronounce each letter separately, such as /s/ then /h/ in ship.
Look for two consonant letters that join to make one sound.