Phase 3 Digraphs: sh, ch, th and ng

Year 1 EnglishPhonics3 pages

About this worksheet

A two-task recap of the Phase 3 digraphs sh, ch, th and ng for Year 1 pupils who are not yet secure. First, pupils add sound buttons to twelve words, from ship and chop to moth and king, with a dot under each single sound and a dash under the digraph. Then they name six pictures, including a moth, a ring and a bath, and write each whole word from a clue such as m o _ _. The answer page sets out the dots and dashes for every word. It follows the England National Curriculum for Year 1 word reading.

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Curriculum objectives covered

Reading - word reading

โ€œApply phonic knowledge and skills as the route to decode wordsโ€

Sound Buttons has pupils mark sh, ch, th and ng as one sound before they blend each word.

Reading - word reading

โ€œRead accurately by blending sounds in unfamiliar words containing GPCs that have been taughtโ€

All twelve words on page 1 have three sounds, such as sh-e-d and l-o-ng, and use only Phase 2 and 3 GPCs.

What's inside this worksheet

Sound Buttons

Twelve words in boxes (ship, chop, thin, ring, shed, chin, moth, long, fish, chat, bath, king) for pupils to mark with dots and dashes, then blend aloud.

Write the Word

Six pictures, each with a clue that leaves two spaces for the digraph, such as r i _ _ under the ring. Pupils write the whole word on the lines.

Answers

Each of the twelve words split into sounds, with the digraph marked as a dash, plus the six written words.

How teachers use it

Phonics intervention

Do the first row of Sound Buttons together, saying sh and ch as one sound. Then let pupils finish the last eight words on their own.

Watch the th words

Look at moth and bath. A pupil who puts two dots under th still sees it as two letters, not one sound.

Quick spelling check

Fold back the clues on page 2 and ask pupils to write fish and ring from the pictures alone.

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