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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

phoneme awareness

For Teachers K - 1st
Students focus on the sound of the /ch/ digraph before recognizing it in both written and spoken words. They study the poster that says "Chugga Chugga Choo Choo!" to find they /ch/ phonemes. They write the letters before identifying...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Chocolate Choo Choo Chicken

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore phonemes. They discuss the digraph /ch/. Students learn a tongue twister to help them identify the digraph /ch/. They discuss the sound created by the digraph. Students identify words that contain the /ch/ digraph.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

OW! I stubbed by toe

For Teachers K - 3rd
Drill and practice the /ow/ sound! Kids practice recognizing pictures that begin with the ou=/ou/ correspondence. They experience a letterbox instructional activity to help implement this task before them as well as reading the story,...
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Printables
Heidi Songs

Th Sound (Th- Family Words)

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Think about using these worksheets that focus on the th digraph! These materials provide plenty of opportunities for pupils to practice their spelling and phoneme recognition.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Achoo!

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars examine the /ch/ digraph using a tongue twister and Grace Maccarone's poem, "Itchy, Itchy, Chicken Pox." They recite the tongue twister, write the letters, and imitate a sneeze each time they hear the /ch/ while the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Riddles with Blending

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars examine how blending sounds together helps them pronounce words. They look a flash cards with letters on them in order to blend the letter sounds together before listening to riddles that encourage them to blend letters...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Consonant Clusters 2

For Students 1st - 3rd
For this consonant clusters worksheet, students examine 12 pictures and determine where the words have the sh, ch or th cluster present in them.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Shhhhhhh! The sheep are sleeping!

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars examine the use of /sh/ in written and spoken words by watching how their mouth moves while making the sound, identifying words, listening to a story, and making words with Elkonin letterboxes. As an assessment, they...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

CH-ch-ch-ch, CH-ch-ch-ch, CHOO-CHOO!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify the digraphs in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion of the combinations of /c/ and /h/ that comprise th /ch/ digraph, students practice identifying initial and final placement of the digraph /ch/ in...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Ending Digraphs

For Students 1st
In this ending sounds activity, 1st graders color the pictures that end in 'ch' red and the words that end in 'th' blue. Students also write in the endings for the 6 words.
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Activity
Jolly Learning Ltd

Word Blending Boxes

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Get all your blends organized into neat little boxes! This resource provides pages and pages of words that you can print out and place into labeled boxes so that you can find the exact words you want to work on with your class quickly...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Consonant Digraphs Make Beginning Sounds

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this creating words with consonant digraphs worksheet, students say the picture words, guess the letters that make the beginning sounds, circle the letters that make the middle vowels and final sounds, and write the words. Students...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Charlie Chicken

For Teachers K - 1st
Students practice identify and making the sound represented by the diagraph /ch/. They use letterboxes to practice spelling short ch words such as chip and inch. The instructor then reads a tongue twister with many ch sounds. Each...
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Printables
Little Book Lane

"Sh" Words

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Sh, sh, sh! When two letters together always make the same sound, they're called a consonant digraph. Get those early readers ready to use the sh sound with confidence. This packet contains printable wall cards, a miniature sh book for...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Choo Choo Train

For Teachers 1st
First graders study the sound and spelling of the /ch/ digraph. They repeat words containing the "ch" before making words using their Elkonin letterboxes and letter manipulatives. Next, they clap each time they hear the "ch" digraph...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Achoo!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Focus in on the digraph ch. Young readers will hear the sound, print the letters, and read A Peach for Chad. Can your youngsters think of any more words that use the target sound? 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Chad's Choo Choooo

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Choo, choo! Do your youngsters like trains? After studying the target sound, have your learners read A Peach for Chad. Do a class read and an independent read to increase fluency. At the lesson's close, consider creating a ch train where...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Chuga Chuga Choo Choo

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify the digraph /ch/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion of the independent and combined sounds of the phonemes /c/ and /h/ students practice identifying initial and final placement of the new...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Chicka, Chicka, Choo, Choo

For Teachers K - 1st
Students begin to read and spell words vis phonemes and letter correspondences. They encounter the concept digraph. This lesson helps the students see a c and h together, they make the ch sound. So, that the students recognize this...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Chomp Chomp Chocolate

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners identify the digraph /ch/ in written and spoken language. Students practice identifying the initial and final placement of the digraph /ch/ in words by identifying pictures containing the sound. They read a decodable story...
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Unit Plan
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

All Together Now: Challenge Activities (Theme 1)

For Teachers 1st Standards
For scholars who need a challenge in the classroom, here is a unit for you. Learners explore topics such as animals, sports, helpers at home, the past, and funny things that have happened in their lives. Youngsters also engage in writing...
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Unit Plan
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Look at Us!: Challenge Activities (Theme 1)

For Teachers K Standards
Challenge your advanced learners with this set of activities based around a common theme. Learners draw, research, share, retell stories, compare and contrast, and more over the course of these activities, which focus mostly on animals...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Surprise!: Challenge Activities (Theme 2)

For Teachers 1st Standards
Surprise! is the theme of this series of challenge activities. The surprise comes from the information your scholars will discover when researching topics such as alligators and crocodiles, living in other countries, becoming a...
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Lesson Plan
Kelly's Kindergarten

April Daily Resources

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Spring has sprung in your classroom! An entire month of activities relating to spring prompts learners to color, draw, write, and work on phonics.