Thr, Shr and Squ Word Sort

Have your child say each word slowly and listen for every consonant in a blend, then for the one sound of a digraph. Use the rule boxes on the ch or tch pages to talk through each choice. Check with the answer key.

Sort 12 words like throat, shrimp and squid under thr, shr or squ. A blend is 2 or 3 consonants whose sounds you hear together, like squ. Thr and shr start with a digraph, 2 letters that make one sound, plus r. The directions on the page read: Read each word in the Word Bank. Look at the first 3 letters. Then, write each word under thr, shr or squ. Use each word once. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 2nd Grade phonics, 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 practice. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

In a blend you hear every consonant, like s, t and r in string. In a digraph two letters make one new sound, like ph in phone or wh in whale. Thr and shr start with a digraph plus r, which the thr, shr and squ sort points out.

Use tch right after a short vowel, as in catch and sketch. Use ch after a consonant or a vowel team, as in lunch and peach. The ch or tch sort and the pick the spelling page practice this rule.

Ng makes one sound, as at the end of sing. Nk sounds like ng plus k, as in pink and trunk. Children sort twelve words by their last two letters, then finish sentences with words like wing and wink.

Yes. All 16 2nd grade consonant practice sheets have an answer key.