Consonant Digraphs

Consonant Digraphs

Teacher Beth

A digraph is a combination of two letters that make a single sound

A consonant digraph is made up from two consonants which join together to produce a single sound.

​CH makes three sounds in English

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​most commonly /tʃ/: chair, child, church,  catch, march,   & watch. 

​CH a /k/ sound in words of Greek origin

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​character, Christian, chorus, chronological

​CH has the /ʃ/ (‘sh’) sound in words of French origin like champagne or machine

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GH is pronounced /g/ in word like spaghetti .

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​GH makes the /f/ sound: cough, enough, laugh, rough, tough

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​GH is silent in bought, caught, daughter, height, high, light

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​PH makes the sound of /f/: graph, phone, phonics

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​SH makes the /ʃ/ sound: cash, fashion, foolish, rash, shame, shelter, trash

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​TH makes 2 related sounds:

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/θ/ (voiceless): anything, author, bath, breath, cloth, health, teeth, nothing

/ð/ (voiced): breathe, brother, clothing,then, together, weather

​WH makes the sound of

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/hw/: what, when, where, which, why

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an /h/ sound in who or whole

Draw

Write 5 examples of words with consonant digraphs.

Open Ended

Why is a consonant digraph different from a consonant blend?