Th digraph craft

Click here for H Brothers Activities, Craftivities, and Printables for 1st grade but could be used in a 2nd grade classroom, or homeschool.

Practicing Th words: Tooth Fairy Craft

Several different h digraph phonics activities and games that engage your students through interactive, hands on, and fun ways to practice h digraph words and spelling rule.

We've highlighted almost all the letters of the alphabet, with the exception of Uu which is coming up next week. It's time to move our spotlight to digraphs and word families! This week we discussed /th/ and /sh/ both at the beginning and ends of words. We made fish with /sh/ scales and a bathtub with /th/ bubbles! And since it's the rainy season of Spring, we made umbrellas with -op raindrops: Next week we'll work on /ch/ and /wh/ as well as the '-un' and '-ive' word families. As always…

The H Brothers activity is a fun way to introduce your students to digraphs. Remember, digraphs are two sounds coming together to make an entirely new single sound. Because this is sometimes a confusing concept for kids, multisensory props and gestures are crucial. Below are a few ideas to get you started: CH: wear a plastic finger and tap on your chin. SH: gesture /SH/ (like you are shushing someone). WH: disable a party whistle and blow. PH: make a hand gesture like you are talking on the…

The Sh Ship {Phonics Craftivity}

Teach your child to recognize and read consonant digraphs /th/, /sh/, and /ch/ with a digraph garden!

This bright, hands-on digraph game make a wonderful literacy center focused on learning common digraphs such as CH- and SH-.