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.
Want the whole level? 58 Level 2 mini-books in one file, $14Every book stays free to print one at a time.
See the pack →
Chuck the pup had his lunch. He sat on a bench with a dish. He had a rich plum, a chip, and a big chunk of ham. Chuck was all set to munch on his lunch.
A small chick did hop up to the bench. The chick sat on the dish. "Chip, chip, chip," said the chick.
Chuck had a chin wag. "You can have this bit," Chuck said.
He let a bit of his chip drop for the chick. The chick had a munch on the chip. Chuck had his lunch, and the chick had a snack.
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.
Download poster (PDF)Print it full size for the wall, or smaller for a phonics notebook.
See all 63 phonics rules posters → · or get all 63 in one file for $7, with a notebook-size copy
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.
The sheets above are free. The pack is every sheet for sh, ch, th, ck and the l, r and s blends in order, a review set and all the answer keys, ready to print.
Get the pack for $7 See every kind of sheetTeaching more than one level? All 6 levels, 600+ worksheets, for $19.
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.
Download PDF
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.
For more early literacy resources, explore our sight word flashcards, tracing worksheets, handwriting worksheets, and coloring pages.
Printable Scholar
