Free printable endings -tch and -dge phonics worksheets. Five practice activities: decodable passage, word sort, phrasing cards, rapid naming chart, and word search.
A free illustrated mini-book for Endings -TCH and -DGE, plus the same story as a passage sheet for highlighting.
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Hope had a hut by the hedge. She set a batch of hot buns on the ledge and ran back in.
Zed flapped to the ditch to fetch mud. He set the mud in lumps. Each lump was like a bun. He hid the lumps in the batch.
"Hope will eat mud!" said Zed.
But the buns had such a good smell. Zed snatched one and chomped. It was mud! He spat and spat.
Hope ran out. "What is this mess?" she said.
"I hid mud lumps with your buns," said Zed. "Then I ate one!"
Hope had to laugh.
Zed had to help her pitch the mud lumps into the ditch. Then he scrubbed the ledge clean.
Then Hope got him a hot bun. "This one is not mud," she said.
Zed grinned.
Right after one short vowel, use tch. After anything else, use ch.
Print it full size for the wall, or smaller for a phonics notebook.
Right after one short vowel, use dge. After anything else, use ge.
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.
catch, match, patch, hatch, pitch, itch, witch, fetch, stretch, notch
edge, hedge, ledge, badge, bridge, ridge, fudge, judge, dodge, lodge
TCH and DGE words to read, match and write, with pictures. Each PDF has its answer key on page 2.
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Cut-apart word cards to sort: -TCH Words or -DGE Words. Answer key on page 2.
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A new decodable story with the same endings -tch and -dge sounds — each comes with its own set of worksheets.
These free tch and dge worksheets provide structured phonics practice for Final -tch and -dge after a short vowel (catch, bridge). Activities include a decodable passage embedding target words in a fun story, a word sort that separates -tch endings from -dge endings, phrasing practice cards for fluency building, and a rapid naming (RAN) chart for automaticity. Each worksheet prints cleanly on standard US Letter paper.
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