CH and SH sound unit

My students  have been really struggling with their first digraphs: the SH and CH sounds. This is the plan I created for the week to help them distinguish these sounds from other sounds and from each other. Today was the first day of teaching this unit and I loved the simplicity of it. Below you can find an overview of the unit and then I have linked to some of the resources I used. Many of the resources were borrowed so I cannot put them up until I have permission. Enjoy!

Objective for week: SWBAT spell, decode, and distinguish words with sh and ch digraphs

Materials for the week:

-          M,T,W,TH,F Do now worksheets

-          Picture cards and workmats for SH, CH, and “Other” word sorts

-          Dry erase boards/ markers

-          “Shelly’s Shell Shop” and “Chip the Chimp” from A to Z reader(7 copies)

-          Crayons and pencils

-          Chart paper “mad lib”

-          “Writing” paper for spelling test

DAILY AGENDA:

Monday

-          “Do Now” Trace and Write SH words by the pictures

-          INM: Reintroduce SH

o   Brainstorm SH words

-          GP: Do a picture/ word sort… Which pictures are SH words which pictures are not

-          IP: Circle SH words on a work sheet

o   RW 19, 20 Give “Shelly’s Shell Shop” and have them read it in pairs and when finished color SH words with a crayon

Tuesday:

-          “Do Now”  Fill in the sound SH words

-          INM: Reintroduce CH

o   Brainstorm CH words

-          GP: Do a picture/ word sort…which pictures are CH words and which are not

-          IP: Circle CH words on a worksheet

o   RW 19, 20 Give “Chip the Chimp” and have them read it in pairs and when finished color CH words with a crayon

Wednesday:

-          “Do Now” Write SH and CH words, underline the SH sounds and Circle the CH sounds

-          INM: Review on Sh and ch while focusing on the difference between the two words.

-          GP: Sort pictures between CH and SH categories

-          IP: Circle the correct sound for each picture

Thursday

-          “Do Now” Circle SH sounds and CH sounds

-          INM: Review SH and CH and do a quick word sort between the two sounds.

-          GP:  As a class we will write a CH/SH mad lib. I will create a frame for a story and students will volunteer words to put in our story.

-          IP: Students will complete picture sentence pages

Friday

-          “Do Now” Read SH and CH picture sentences from yesterday (with blanks filled in). Circle CH sounds and underline SH sounds.

-          INM: Review how to spell and say our sounds with other letters.

-          IP: Spelling test: ash, shop, she, chop, chin

ClClick here for a link to a full plan and some of the worksheets.