📖 KG 2 · Reading & talking · Ages 5–6 · about 4 weeks Dates: to

Two Letters, One Sound: sh ch th ng ck

Goal: Read and hear sh, ch, th, ng and ck as two-letter spellings of one sound in familiar words.

For parents: The key idea is that two letters can work together to make one sound. Put one sound button (a line, not a dot) under both letters. The th in this sounds different from the th in thin; say both words naturally and listen together.

Do together

  1. Sound sort

    You need: Word cards: ship, shop, chip, chin, thin, moth, ring, sing

    Add duck and sock cards. Read the words and sort them by sh, ch, th, ng or ck. Underline each pair. In duck, ck writes one /k/ sound: /d/ /u/ /k/, three sounds. Read sock together and find its ck.

  2. Quiet sh, loud ch

    You need: Nothing

    Call words; your child puts a finger on their lips for sh words and pretends to be a train for ch words. Ship! Chin! Shell! Chop!

  3. Build it

    You need: Letter cards, with sh, ch, th and ng written as single cards

    Call a word (shop, much, thin, king) and your child builds it. Did they use the two-letter card?

Talk about it

  • How many sounds are in 'ship'? (three: sh-i-p)
  • Can you hear 'th' at the start of 'thumb'?
  • Which words end with 'ng'?

Words to use

  • sh
  • ch
  • th
  • ng
  • ck
  • sound

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