Free printable digraph ch phonics worksheets. Five practice activities: decodable passage, word sort, phrasing cards, rapid naming chart, and word search.
A short, decodable story embedding digraph ch words. Students read the passage then highlight all the target words.
Scott sat in class with his pad and pen. "Which is best, chess or catch?" he said. He had to know.
Scott had a chat with each pal. "Chess!" said Chad. Scott put a check on his list. "Catch!" said Chuck. Scott put a check for catch, too. Jen said chess. Kim said catch.
Scott had a look at his list. Two for chess. Two for catch.
"Oh no," said Scott. "Which one wins?"
Scott rubbed his chin. Then he grinned. "I did not ask myself!"
He put one last check on his list. "Chess wins!" said Scott.
So they all had a chess match. Then they ran out to play catch.
"That was so much fun," said Kim.
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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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The CH digraph is a crucial Phase 2 phonics skill, introducing children to a single sound represented by two letters. Young learners often find this sound tricky because they might try to pronounce each letter individually, saying /k/-/h/ instead of the combined /ch/ sound, as in "chip" or "chop." Another common hurdle is distinguishing CH from similar-sounding blends like SH or even J, leading to mispronunciations like "ship" for "chip" or "ditch" sounding like "dij." Students also need to master identifying CH at both the beginning (initial) and end (final) of words, such as "chat" versus "much," which requires careful listening and articulation practice to solidify this unique phoneme. Our CH digraph worksheets provide targeted practice to overcome these challenges. After introducing the sound, have your child read the decodable passage "Chuck's Lunch" aloud, focusing on accurate pronunciation of all CH words. Use the word sort activity to help them categorize words with initial CH (like "chin") and final CH (like "lunch"), reinforcing their positional awareness. The phrasing cards are excellent for building fluency; encourage them to read phrases like "rich lunch" or "catch a patch" smoothly. Finally, utilize the Rapid Automatic Naming (RAN) chart to build quick recognition of CH words, helping them instantly identify and read words such as "check," "which," and "bench" without hesitation.
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