Foundations Phonics - Digraphs

Digraphs!

​What are digraphs?

​A digraph is two letters that make one sound. They can be made up of vowels or consonants.

​Consonant Digraphs!

​Consonant digraphs are two consonants that team up to make one sound. What are some consonant digraphs?

​ch as in chat

sh as in ship

th as in thick

wh as in which

ph as in phone

ck as in sock

​Vowel Digraphs!

​This is just like a consonant digraph, except for one thing: these digraphs can have at least one vowel in them, too! There are multiple digraphs for multiple sounds.

​Look at these words! Can you find the vowel digraphs in them?

pain

look

loom

hay

leader

​Split digraphs!

​This is where a digraph, such as ae, ie, oe, ee, ue is 'split' by a consonant, for example:

In the word pie, you have a digraph made up of ie.

in the word pine, the digraph has been split by the letter n to make a new word, 'pine'.

Split digraphs are shown like this: a_e, i_e, o_e, e_e, u_e.

​a

​n

​e

​Let's read a story!

​Kate The Brave

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What did you like about the story of Kate The Brave?

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What happened in Kate The Brave?

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What are some digraphs that you noticed in Kate The Brave?

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Can you relate to Kate? How are you similar to her?

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What is a split digraph and how do you represent one? Is it a vowel digraph or consonant digraph?

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"She read about a mouse."

How many digraphs are in that sentence?

Draw

Draw an object and write its name below it. Circle the digraphs in its name. Choose an object with digraphs in its name. Draw the object on the desk!