Teaching Digraphs: th voiced and voiceless Printable Activity

When it comes to phonics, digraphs are one of the most difficult things to teach. It takes alot of practice for a child to learn to identify them, then actually be able to understand the word meaning and finally read them. As teachers we sometimes forget the natural process that is required for our students to produce oral speech. We believe that since we taught something, it must immediately show in our students' output. As most of us know, this is not the case. It takes time and effort for new skills to be internalised to that point, that they can be used by our students.

More specifically, we tend to forget that practice does make perfect and that practice shouldn't necessarily mean controlled writing and reading activities. After discussing this with one of my students' parent, I decided to make a th digraph game to help my students grasp these difficult sounds. It also makes a great Sunday morning game that one can quickly make to play with one's child.  

Materials:

1.digraphs printouts

2.markers

3.laminator (optional)

Instructions: 

1. Print two copies of the th handouts.

2.Colour them in with your child while practicing reading them. 

3. Laminate the cards for durability and cut them. 

4. Games to play:

• Play Memory
• Play Bang
• Digraph SORT. Use the "th" houses to play SORT with your child. 
• Rainbow write your words.
• Colour the vowels blue.
• Colour the consonants blue. 

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I just made another set of th digraph printables. To print that out follow the link below.