Free printable digraph ch phonics worksheets. Five practice activities: decodable passage, word sort, phrasing cards, rapid naming chart, and word search.
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Beth sat on a bench to munch her lunch. She had a big chip and a red plum. A small chick ran up. It was so quick! The chick got the chip and ran off. It ran to the rim of a ditch. Beth had a plan for her chip.
“Oh no!” said Beth. “I will get that chick!”
She got a long stick. Beth set the stick on the ditch. But the chick did not let go of the chip. So Beth had a new plan. She got a small bit of her red plum. She set it on the bench. The chick ran back. It got the plum and let go of the chip.
“Yes!” Beth said. “It was a fun trick.”
The letters c and h work together to make one sound, /ch/. You can hear it at the start or the end of a word.
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The words this story set practices, in the two groups used by the word sort.
chip, chop, chat, chin, chest, check, chill, chug, chum, chunk
much, such, rich, lunch, bunch, bench, catch, match, patch, fetch
CH words to read, match and write, with pictures. Each PDF has its answer key on page 2.
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4 ready-to-print PDFs for this story's digraph ch words. Each one opens as its own file.
Cut-apart word cards to sort: CH at the Start or CH at the End. Answer key on page 2.
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A new decodable story with the same digraph ch sounds — each comes with its own set of worksheets.
The CH digraph is a crucial step in early phonics, typically introduced after single letter sounds and short vowels. It represents a single sound, /ch/, even though it uses two letters. Young learners often find "ch" tricky because they might try to pronounce each letter separately, saying /k/ /h/ instead of the unified /ch/ sound, leading to mispronunciations of words like "chip" as "kip" or "chat" as "kat." Another common confusion arises when "ch" appears at the end of words, as in "much" or "catch." Children might struggle to blend it smoothly with the preceding vowel, sometimes dropping the /h/ sound entirely or overemphasizing it. Distinguishing "ch" from other digraphs like "sh" or "th" also requires careful attention, as their mouth positions are similar, making explicit instruction and practice essential for mastery. Our worksheets provide targeted practice for the CH digraph, both at the beginning and end of words. After reviewing the sound, encourage your child to read the decodable passage from "Beth's Stolen Chip," focusing on accurate pronunciation of "chip," "catch," and other CH words within the story. The word sort activity helps children categorize words like "chin" and "lunch," reinforcing the digraph's position. Use the phrasing cards to build fluency, having your child read phrases such as "a rich lunch" or "check the bench," emphasizing smooth delivery. Finally, the RAN chart can be a powerful tool for building automaticity; time your child as they quickly identify and name words containing the CH digraph, like "chop," "much," and "which," aiming for speed and accuracy.
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