Circle the Beginning Digraph, Th, Wh or Sh

Have your child say the digraph sound before reading each word. Point out that the two letters make one sound. Check with the answer key.

Circle and write th, wh or sh at the start of pictures like three, wheel and thermometer. A digraph is two letters joined to make one new sound. You hear ch at the start of chop. The directions on the page read: Say each picture name and listen to the first sound. Circle the digraph you hear at the start. Then, write the digraph on the line. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 1st Grade consonants, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with consonant digraphs. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

A digraph is two consonants that make one new sound, like sh in ship or ch in chair. You do not hear the s and the h on their own. Knowing the common digraphs is part of RF.1.3.A.

In a blend you hear both letters, like b and l in block. In a digraph the two letters make a single sound, like th in thumb.

Ph makes the f sound in words like phone, photo and trophy. It is less common than sh, ch and th, so it comes after them, but children meet it early in everyday words.

Yes. The letters c and k together make one k sound at the end of short vowel words like duck, sock and back. Circle the Ending Digraph and Ending Digraph Word Sort pages practice it next to sh, ch and th.

Yes. All 23 digraph sheets have an answer key.

They match consonant letters to sounds at the start and end of words, read blends where both sounds are heard, like st in stop (RF.1.2.B), and learn digraphs where two letters make one sound, like sh in ship (RF.1.3.A).

Begin with single beginning and ending consonants, then l, r and s blends at the start of words, then ending blends like nd and mp. Digraphs such as sh and ch come next, with th, wh and ck after them.

Ask your child to say the word slowly and stretch the end, as in nest. If only one sound comes out at the end, say the word together and tap a finger for each sound. The Circle the Ending Blend pages practice this with pictures like lamp and skunk.