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A complete kit that will provide you with all the

necessary activities to teach the digraphs:

by Melinda Crean of Top Notch Teaching

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The Ultimate Digraph Teaching Kit

A complete kit that will provide you with all the

necessary activities to teach the digraphs:

sh, ch, th, ck, wh, ng, qu, ai, ay, a-e.

By Melinda Crean of

Top Notch Teaching

Thank you for purchasing my product. I hope this product is all that you require for your students and classroom. If you have any questions, comments or feedback please email me at [email protected]. Personal Use Only: This product is copyrighted to © Top Notch Teaching 2014. You are able to use this product for your own classroom use or home use only. No part of this publication shall be reproduced, transmitted, or sold in whole or in part in any form, without prior written consent of the author.

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So, you often find yourself grasping for some new ideas to introduce and teach phonics and

digraphs to your students.

You don’t really have time to make anything fancy or search for resources as you don’t want to take

precious time away from your students, lesson planning and all the other teacher responsibilities.

But….you need some innovative ideas to motivate and engage both you and your students.

I had these exact same thoughts and experience, so I wanted to make a resource that provided

original activities and ideas to support my teaching of digraphs.

That’s what this kit is all about.

You’ll find 200+ pages of printables, worksheets, activities, posters and games, including:

Step by step instructions for using the kit;

Colour photographs showing how to prepare and assemble the kit;

Mini lesson ideas for introducing digraphs to students;

Colour posters to display in the classroom;

Word wall cards to add to bulletin boards or for display;

Ready to print worksheets and activity pages;

Special games including simple and advanced bingo and phonics playing cards;

Digraph tracking sheet to assist you with recording the digraphs already taught;

Word lists for each digraph so that you’ll be able to provide more opportunities for your

students to practice the focus sound; and

Sentences for each digraph that you can use for dictation

practice.

Thanks!

Melinda Crean

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Table of Contents (clickable)

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Introduction 5

Section One: How to Assemble the Kit 6

Section Two: Preparation of Each Activity 11

Section Three: Mini Lessons for Introducing Digraphs 15

Section Four: Digraph Activities, Games and

Worksheets 20

Unit One: sh 23

Unit Two: ch 53

Unit Three: th 83

Unit Four: ck 113

Unit Five: wh 144

Unit Six: ng 164

Unit Seven: qu 193

Unit Eight: a-e / ai / ay 218

Credits 253

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The Ultimate Digraph Teaching Kit has been designed to supplement your phonics/reading

program. You may like to leave the kit as a digital resource and print activities on an as needs

basis. Alternatively, the whole kit could be printed and each activity prepared so it’s ready to go

when you need.

The Kit is divided into Four Sections:

Sections 1 - 2 provide you with information for assembling the kit as well as instructions on how to

prepare each of the games and/or activities.

Section 3 provides some lesson ideas for introducing and teaching digraphs.

Section 4 provides the activities, games and worksheets for each of the digraphs. A master word

list of all words used and suggested in each of the units is provided. A digraph tracking sheet has

also been included, which can be used to record when digraphs have been introduced and taught.

This section is then split into 8 units for each of the digraphs. Each unit also has an overview sheet

that includes the words used in the unit, a word list of more words with the focus sound as well as

sentences that can be used for dictation practice.

The units can be taught sequentially (as this is the order I introduce each digraph) or alternatively

you can access a unit as you cover it in your teaching program.

I hope this kit makes the teaching of digraphs and phonics a bit easier for you, and your students

enjoy the activities.

Introduction



Section One: How to Assemble the Kit

All parts of the

bingo game are

made and ready

to use (right).

All playing cards

are printed and

laminated ready

to use when

needed (right).

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I have the word

building sheets

laminated to use

with markers as

well as on paper

so they can be

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This section describes how each of the different parts of a unit can be used and how the activities

are to be prepared. Each Digraph Unit includes:

Master word list;

Digraph tracking sheet;

Word lists;

Dictation sentences;

Posters;

Word wall cards;

Worksheets;

Bingo game: simple and advanced; and

Phonics playing games.

Master Word List

The master word list includes all words that are used in a unit as well as the additional words

suggested that include the focus sound. This can be used to track the date the words are used and

taught.

Digraph Tracking Sheet

The tracking sheet is used to assist you with recording when you have taught each of the digraphs.

The sheet can be printed and kept with your planning documents.

Word Lists

The word lists include additional words that have the focus sound.

Dictation Sentences

10 sentences for each sound have been included and can be used for dictation practice.

Posters

The posters can be used for display in your classroom. These are best enlarged to A3 (Ledger) size

and then laminated for durability.

Word Wall Cards

The word wall cards can be cut and laminated and used to add to your word wall or as flash cards.

Worksheets

The worksheets are designed to be copied and used for individual work or in small groups/centers.

Section Two: Preparation



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These mini lessons are a great way to introduce and consolidate your teaching of phonics and

digraphs. Some of the ideas are appropriate for younger children who are just learning about the

sounds in language, while the other techniques are good for students who may be experiencing

difficulties or who have missed being taught the skills needed for reading and spelling.

Firstly, it's important to know what the essential reading skills are.

What is blending?

Blending is being able to push sounds together to build words. For example, /s/ /a/ /t/ = sat

What is segmenting?

Segmenting is the ability to be able to pull apart individual sounds in words.

For example: sat: /s/ /a/ /t/.

What is Manipulation?

Phoneme manipulation is being able to insert and delete sounds in words. This skill is important as

it allows readers to test alternatives for spellings that represent more than one sound.

(Sounds~Write, 2013)

Listening for Sounds in Words

This is a really great activity to use with younger children who are just starting out with the concept

of reading. For example, say, “I see the ‘sun’, what’s the first sound you hear in the word

sun”. When starting out with activities such as this it’s important to choose words that start with a

sound that can be held, such as the /s/ in sun. You may also need to really hold the first sound to

emphasise it to younger children. When children are able to identify the initial sound, then move on

to try the end and middle sounds. Again, sun is good to use as you can hold the final sound to

emphasise it. Other words that you might like to try could include: sat, sit, mat, man, map, nap.

Think of short 3 letter words that have a consonant, vowel and consonant (CVC).

You can also play games like ‘eye-spy’ with younger students. Quite often I’ll say: “I spy a

mmmuuugg”. Students need to then blend the sounds together to tell me the word. Choose words

that also have sounds that can be held as it makes it easier for the little ones to be able to hear for

the word.

Section Three: Mini Lessons

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This section contains all of the activities, games and worksheets for each digraph. The following

page is the Digraph Tracking Sheet that can be used to record when each digraph has been taught.

Following this is a Master Word List that can be used to record when each word has been

introduced and taught.

The digraphs are arranged in units and include:

1. Word lists

2. Dictation sentences

3. Posters

4. Word wall cards

5. Activities / worksheets including:

- Cut and Match;

- Draw the Words;

- Draw and Match;

- Un-Jumble the Words;

- Choose the Correct Spelling;

- Find the Words;

- Word Hunt;

- Word Triangles;

- Finish the Sentence; and

- Jumbled Sentences.

6. Games including:

- Bingo: simple and advanced; and

- Playing cards with Word Building worksheets (except Unit 5: wh).

Section Four: Digraph Units



UNIT ONE: DIGRAPH SH

Words used in Unit One Initial: shark, sheep, shell, ship, shoe, shop

Final: brush, cash, dish, fish, wash, wish

Word List

Initial Final

shack shall shed crash dash flash

shelf shift shin fresh hush mash

shock shot shred mush posh rash

shrub shrug shut rush smash splash

Sentences for Dictation

Cam had a rash on his shin.

I wish we went to the shack.

What shall we do in the shed?

The dish had fish on it so it needs a wash.

The sheep ran into a shed and went crash.

What did Sam do to the ship with the brush?

In a flash the bad shark swam to the big shell.

The print shop shut the doors to dust the shelf.

Tom ran to the shrub and lost his shoe on the way.

The fish did a jump and splash as it fell from the net.

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shark sheep shell ship shoe shop

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beach

bunch

child

peach

Name:


chalk

cheese

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Cut and Match

Cut out the words and match them to their picture.

Name:

Draw the Words

Draw a picture for each ‘ch’ word.

cheese chalk chain

beach chick torch

branch lunch child

peach bunch cheer Copyright © 2014 Top Notch Teaching

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Matching Cards

thief think thorn

thread throne thumb

bath month moth

mouth path tooth

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Picture Clue Word

duck

stick

chick

truck

tick

clock

kick

lick

lock

neck

rock

sack

sock

thick

Build the ‘ck’ words

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whale

white

whiskers

whip

wheat

whistle

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Draw and Match

Draw a line to match the word to the picture.

Name:


heelw

whtie

pihw

wihsk

heatw

Un-Jumble the Words

Use the picture clues to help you un-jumble the words.

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Find the Words

Find the 6 ‘ng’ words and circle them.

string chain

peach

lunch

branch

long wish

beach

sling

ring

king

sing

Write the words below.

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s i n g a f l j d

l p e l u n o g s

i i s r t x n w q

n o w k s t g i n

g p i b i l r n c

n y n b a n i g m

z h g s g z g h n

v k s t r o n g g

s t r i n g u r w

king long sting string

bang sing sling wing

lungs ring strong swing

Word Hunt

Find the words below and circle them in the grid.

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Name:

Finish the Sentences

Use the ‘qu’ words at the bottom to finish the sentences.

queen

quick

squint

quack

quiz


quilt

1. The duck made a loud _ _ _ _ _.

2. The _ _ _ _ _ wore a crown on

her head.

3. “Be _ _ _ _ _,” said Mum.

4. My _ _ _ _ _ kept me warm.

5. I went to a _ _ _ _ night.

6. I had to _ _ _ _ _ _to read the

book.

Jumbled Sentences 1. Cut up the jumbled sentence into separate

words.

2. Arrange the words in the correct order to make a sentence.

3. Paste them onto a piece of paper.

Name:


the quacks duck 1.

eat I squid

I quick am

my is quilt big

her lost the shoe queen

2.

5.

4.

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