Phonics Focus: Sh and Ch

Our phonics-focus this week is consonant digraphs. 

We are learning the "sh" and "ch" sounds (as in the images below). ("Th" and "wh" are coming up next.)

The sh sound:

The ch sound:

Videos that teach this skill:
The Ch Sound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcDo7dczpRA

The Sh Sound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptfu3tL0OBg


Online Games that teach this skill:
 Sh on Starfall

Ch on Starfall


Download Free Activities Safely here:
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/FreeDownload/Phonemic-Awareness-Initial-Sounds-Digraphs-sh-and-ch

Reading Strategy of the Week: Stretchy Snake

Our Reading Strategy of the week for the October 17 - 21 Newsletter is Stretchy Snake.

Help your child to stretch out words to hear every sound. This will help them with spelling too. We want them to hear the beginning, middle, and ending sounds in words.

Here is a video example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6aW8EudNXA