Free printable digraph ch phonics worksheets. Five practice activities: decodable passage, word sort, phrasing cards, rapid naming chart, and word search.
A free illustrated mini-book for Digraph CH, plus the same story as a passage sheet for highlighting.
A full-color picture book your student reads on their own. Skill: Digraph CH. Print, cut and staple.
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Fen had an itch. It was on her back, just under her shell. Fen could not get to it with her hands.
She rubbed her back on a rock. The itch did not stop. She jabbed at it with a stick. That did not help much.
Chuck sat on a bench by his hut. Fen did not like to ask for help. But the itch was too much.
Fen sat by Chuck for a chat. "Chuck, will you help me?" she said. "I have an itch on my back."
"I can fix that," said Chuck. He checked her back and spotted a red patch. He got a stiff brush from his hut and rubbed the patch. Scrub, scrub!
At last, the itch stopped. Fen grinned. "Thank you, Chuck. You are such a good chum!" she said.
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.
Print it full size for the wall, or smaller for a phonics notebook.
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.
All 120 blends and digraphs worksheets in one file, with answer keys.
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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 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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