Skill: digraph (ch) as in chimney, chef, ache
The consonant digraph (ch) has three different sounds, the most common of which is the "ch" heard in chimney and much. "ch" is also presented as ch=sh and ch=k.Consonant digraphs are two-letter combination which result in one speech sound (not a blend).
Read these words
| chain | cheek | chimney |
| chair | cheese | chin |
| chase | chest | chirp |
| check | chicken | choose |
| beach | each | reach |
| bench | lunch | rich |
| branch | match | sandwich |
| bunch | much | scratch |
| catch | patch | such |
| crunch | pitch | switch |
| ditch | porch | watch |
Dictation/Spelling Practice for (ch) words listed above
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Read these sentences.
- The bird on the big branch is chirping.
- Let’s play catch at the beach.
- I need to scratch the itch on my cheek.
- I crunched a bunch of chips for lunch.
- Choose the chore you want to do.
- I like cherries, chili, and chocolate.
- My cat chewed a mouse and choked.
- Santa smudged his chin in the chimney.
- I used a match to light each candle.
- Do you want to switch sandwiches?
- Ask the butcher for some pork chops.
- I hope the teacher chooses me!
- Can you choke eating an artichoke?
- Can he achieve his goal on crutches?
- My uncle, Charles, is a bachelor.
Write two or more original sentences. Please include one or more “ch” words in each of your sentences. Remember all sentences begin with a capital letter and end with a period (.), question mark (?), or exclamation point (!) Please be attentive to penmanship.
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The (ch) pattern does not always have its usual sound as you hear in cherry. Sometimes (ch) has the sound of (sh) as in chef. Sometimes the pattern (ch) sounds like (k).
Read the words below, they may be a bit difficult,
do your best.
(ch) sounds like (sh)
| machinery |
| Michigan |
| parachute |
| chef |
| Chicago |
| machine |
(ch) sounds like (k)
| ache | chorus | headache |
| anchor | Christmas | mechanic |
| character | chrome | Nicholas |
| chemistry | chrysalis | school |
| chord | echo | stomach |
Read these sentences.
- Nicholas got a stomachache at school.
- Was the echo from the chef’s machine?
- Can a mechanic sink a chrome anchor?
- I drove my Chevy to the Chevron station.
- The main character was the chaperone.
- The mechanic has a big moustache.
- Did he land his parachute in Chicago?
Please write one sentence including two or more of the words that include ch (sounds like sh) and ch (sounds like k).
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Illustrate your favorite sentence.