6. Student Practice Activities for Consonant Digraphs

Students need lots of opportunities to practice reading and spelling consonant digraphs so that they can build accuracy and automaticity on the way to fluent reading. We've included free printable student practice activities below. Please download and share them with your colleagues!

Before your students begin the activities, make sure that they understand how to complete them. You can model the activities in a whole group setting or in a small group. 

Keep an eye out for students who may need you to step in and scaffold.

Roll & Read Practice Activities

Roll & Reads are a fun, game-like way to practice reading and spelling words in isolation. After you’ve modeled how to do Roll & Reads, students can do them with partners or in centers on their own. Use this student activity to build accuracy and fluency in reading and spelling with consonant digraphs. Students can play with partners or in small groups.

Roll & Read with Consonant Digraphs

Read Sheets 

Use these read sheets to practice the new phonics pattern you’ve taught. You’ll want to first introduce these sheets in whole or small groups. After students have read them with guidance from the teacher, they can use them to practice reading independently at school or home. Start with the read sheets with words, then move on to those with words, phrases, and sentences.

Digraph 'ch' Student Read Sheet with Words

Digraph ‘sh’ Student Read Sheet with Words

More Read Sheets:

• Digraph ‘ch’ Student Read Sheet with Words, Phrases, and Sentences (opens in new window)
• Digraph ‘sh’ Student Read Sheet with Words, Phrases, and Sentences (opens in new window)
• Digraph ‘th’ Student Read Sheet with Words (opens in new window)
• Digraph ‘th’ Read Sheet with Words, Phrases, and Sentences (opens in new window)
• Mixed Digraphs Student Read Sheet with Sentences (opens in new window)

Decodable Texts for Building Fluency

Students should practice reading in context each day to build fluency. These decodable texts focus on the consonant digraphs students are learning. Be sure to read How to Use Decodable Texts before implementing them with students. 

Decodable — Chums

Use this free printable decodable text to give students practice reading words with the consonant digraph 'ch'.

Decodable — The Posh Ship

Use this free printable decodable text to give students practice reading words with the digraph ‘sh’.

Decodable — Josh and Pam Shop

Use this free printable decodable text to give students practice reading words with the digraph ‘sh’.

More Decodables:

• Decodable — The Wish ('sh') (opens in new window)
• Decodable — Lunch at the Fish Shack ('sh') (opens in new window)
• Decodable — Whit's Bad Luck ('wh') (opens in new window)
• Decodable — One Big Bath ('th') (opens in new window)

Other Activities

Elkonin Boxes for Digraph ‘th’