SH, CH, WH and TH: Build the Words
Add sh, ch, wh or th to 21 word endings, then read your words aloud. Some endings allow more than one valid answer.

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- Phonics, Language Development, ELA
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- Ontario expectations
- B2.4
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Add sh, ch, wh or th to 21 word endings, then read your words aloud. Some endings allow more than one valid answer.
- Four onset digraphs: sh, ch, wh, and th
- A 21-item grid of rimes for word building
- Flexible directions for endings with multiple solutions
Curriculum reference — Ontario: Combining common digraphs with rimes supports early decoding; retain multiple valid word choices. Selected skills only; reference stage is not an overall reading age, complete curriculum coverage, or an automatic recommendation for every learner.
In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Form words by combining an H-containing digraph with a rime
- Compare possible onsets for the same word ending
Teaching tips
- Pronounce each candidate combination slowly so learners can reject strings that do not produce familiar words.
Skills covered
- Digraph blending — Join sh, ch, wh, or th to a rime
- Vocabulary monitoring — Judge whether a sound combination makes a word
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Ontario curriculum
Ontario curriculum expectations
Ontario expectations
- B2.4 — use phonics knowledge and phonemic blending to read words, and phonemic segmentation to spell phonetically regular words, in isolation and various text contexts
Core concepts
- H digraphs
- Onset-rime construction
- Phonics vocabulary
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