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)

chef machinery
Chicago Michigan
machine parachute

(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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