Spelling Words with Consonant Digraphs

Consonant Digraphs ch, gh, ph, sh WordStudy Build Vocabulary 2 Lesson Objectives

Day 1 Students will: • Read and write words with ch, gh, ph, sh /ch/ /ch/ /f/ /f/ alphabet fashion brush orphan ConsonantConsonant Digraphs Digraphs 3 3 4 4 • Understand that consonant digraphs are two letters that ch, gh,ch, ph, gh, sh ph, sh Words withWords the withdigraph the chdigraphWords ch withWords the withdigraph the phdigraph ph approach naughty caught phonics 3 3 4 4 with the withsound the /f/ sound /f/ I like to useI like ch toopsticks use ch opsticks stand for one sound when I eatwhen Chinese I eat food.Chinese food.I was tryingI was to tryingtake a to take a photographph otograand answerph and answer attach phantom champion photograph the phonethe at phtheone same at the same 3 3 4 4 • Understand that different digraphs can stand for the same Words whereWords the where digraph the digraph time. time. gh is silentgh is silent chopstick photocopy charming pouch He caughHet the cau vaseght thethat vase that 3 3 4 4 Words withWords the withdigraph the shdigraph sh sound—gh, ph = /f/ the naughthety childnaugh knockedty child knocked over. over. After my Afterbrother’s my brother’s Silent ghSilent gh /sh/ /sh/ shower, thereshower, was there a was a coughing physics coach shutter shortage shofortage water. of water. 3 3 4 4 Words withWords the withdigraph the ghdigraph gh Day 2 with the withsound the /f/ sound /f/ daughter shipment fought speechless Students will: Our teacherOur told teacher us we told us we 3 3 4 4 had enouhadgh lau enoughtergh laughter today to todaylast us to a lastweek. us a week. elephant shortage furnish telephone • Sort words by digraphs ch, gh, ph, sh 3 3 4 4 enough tougher nephew trophy Materials: 3 3 4 4 Anchor Chart (BLMAnchor 1) Chart (BLM 1) Category Cards Category(BLM 2) Cards (BLM 2) Word Cards (BLM 3) Word Cards (BLM 4) • Anchor Poster Word Study & VocabularyWord 2: Unit Study 23: &Consonant Vocabulary digraphs 2: Unit 23:ch, Consonantgh, ph, sh digraphs ch, gh, ph, sh ©2010 Benchmark Education©2010 Company, Benchmark LLC Education Company, LLC Word Study & VocabularyWord 2: Unit Study 23: &Consonant Vocabulary digraphs 2: Unit 23:ch, Consonantgh, ph, sh digraphs ch, gh, ph, sh ©2010 Benchmark Education©2010 Company, Benchmark LLC Education Company, LLC Word Study & Vocabulary 2: Unit 23: Consonant digraphs ch, gh, ph, sh ©2010 Benchmark Education Company, LLC Word Study & Vocabulary 2: Unit 23: Consonant digraphs ch, gh, ph, sh ©2010 Benchmark Education Company, LLC • BLM 2: Category Cards Anchor Chart (BLM 1) Category Cards (BLM 2) Word Cards (BLM 3) • BLMs 3–4: Word Cards alphabet fashion brush orphan accomplishaccomplish roughestroughest Name ______Name ______Date ______Date ______• BLM 6: Take-Home Activity 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 SpellingSpelling Patterns Patterns Parent Directions:Parent Have Directions: your child Haveread youreach childword readaloud each and word then aloudsort the and words then bysort their the words by their sound patterns. soundThen havepatterns. your Thenchild havechoose your a wordchild choosefrom each a word group from and each write group a sentence and write a sentence approach naughty caught phonics attachattach screechscreech for each word. for each word. • Teacher Category Cards 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 Word BankWord screechBank screech cough cough phrase phrase elephant elephant orphan orphan pouch pouch shipping shipping tough tough • Teacher Word Cards—chopsticks, tougher, daughterattach phantom champion photograph autographautograph shippingshipping taught taught photograph photograph shower shower brought brought 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 /ch/ /ch/ /f/ /f/ chopstick photocopy charming pouch childhoodchildhood showershower Day 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 Students will: coughing physics coach shutter hyphenhyphen spinachspinach /sh/ /sh/ Silent gh Silent gh • Sort words by digraph sounds /ch/, silent gh, /f/,3 /sh/ 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 daughter shipment fought speechless laughterlaughter taughttaught • Identify digraphs ch, gh, ph, sh and their sounds3 in words3 4 4 5 5 5 5 elephant shortage furnish telephone pharaohpharaoh thoughtthought 1. ______1. ______3 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 2. ______2. ______Materials: enough tougher nephew trophy physicalphysical washerwasher 3. ______3. ______4. ______4. ______3 3 4 4 5 5 5 5

Word Cards (BLM 3) Word Cards (BLM 4) Word Cards (BLMWord 5) Cards (BLM 5) Take-Home ActivityTake-Home (BLM 6) Activity (BLM 6) • BLM 2: Category Cards Word Study & Vocabulary 2: Unit 23: Consonant digraphs ch, gh, ph, sh ©2010 Benchmark Education Company, LLC Word Study & Vocabulary 2: Unit 23: Consonant digraphs ch, gh, ph, sh ©2010 Benchmark Education Company, LLC Word Study & VocabularyWord 2: Unit Study 23: &Consonant Vocabulary digraphs 2: Unit 23:ch, Consonantgh, ph, sh digraphs ch, gh, ph, sh ©2010 Benchmark Education©2010 Company, Benchmark LLC Education Company, LLC Word Study & VocabularyWord 2: Unit Study 23: &Consonant Vocabulary digraphs 2: Unit 23:ch, Consonantgh, ph, sh digraphs ch, gh, ph, sh ©2010 Benchmark Education©2010 Company, Benchmark LLC Education Company, LLC • BLM 5: Word Cards Word Cards (BLM 4) Word Cards (BLM 5) Take-Home Activity (BLM 6) • BLM 7: Classroom Activity

• BLM 8: Take-Home Activity Name ______Name ______Date ______Date ______Name ______Name ______Date ______Date ______Name ______Date ______Name ______Date ______ChooseChoose the Word the Word ChooseChoose the Word the Word Clever Creatures Spelling Dictation

Directions: ChooseDirections: the word Choose that does the wordNOT belongthat does with NOT the belongothers. with the others. Parent Directions:Parent Have Directions: your child Havechoose your the child word choose that does the wordNOT belongthat does with NOT the belongothers. with the others. You’ve probably heard the phrase “a memory like an elephant.” That’s Review Words because elephants are some of the smartest animals on Earth! 1. alphabet 1. alphabet photograph photograph beach beach 1. naughty 1. naughty enough enough caught caught 1. Scientists can tell how smart animals are in many ways. One way is brain Day 4 2. cough 2. cough daughter daughter naughty naughty 2. shutter 2. shutter champion champion childhood childhood Students will: size. Animals that have large brains compared to their bodies are usually pretty 2. sharp. Another sign of intelligence is whether an animal recognizes itself when 3. enough 3. enough elephant elephant toughest toughest 3. physics 3. physics shower shower shipping shipping 3. it looks in a mirror. Scientists have also observed that animals that care for their • Identify words with ch spelling 4. nephew 4. nephew reach reach teach teach 4. reach 4. reach charming charming shiny shiny babies for a long time are often smarter. Elephants, dolphins, and chimpanzees Unit pass all three of these tests. 5. roughest 5. roughestshower shower punish punish 5. orphan 5. orphan speechless speechless champion champion New Words Let’s begin with elephants. They have a good memory, which helps them • Identify words with ph spelling 6. speechless6. speechless accomplish accomplish chopstick chopstick 6. charming 6. charmingspinach spinach accomplish accomplish tell their friends from their enemies. They can use tools and follow human 1. commands. They also show caring for each other and for other animals, which 2. Parent Directions:Parent Have Directions: your child Havechoose your the child word choose that has the the word /f/ thatsound. has the /f/ sound. Directions: ChooseDirections: the word Choose that has the the word /f/ thatsound. has the /f/ sound. is seen as a strong sign of intelligence. 7. telephone7. telephone punish punish 3. • Identify words with gh = /f/ Dolphins can learn and repeat behavior, which is probably why they’re so 7. coughing 7. coughing daughter daughter popular in water park shows. Dolphins “talk” to each other through sounds like 8. laughter 8. laughter naughty naughty 8. naughty 8. naughty enough enough clicks or whistles. Scientists think that they even have names for each other. Sentence • Identify words with silent gh 9. brought 9. brought rough rough Dolphins have also been used by the U.S. Navy to help find underwater mines— 9. pharaoh 9. pharaoh washer washer that’s pretty clever.

10. hyphen 10. hyphen washer washer • Identify words with sh 10. physics 10. physics spinach spinach Chimps are perhaps the smartest animals next to humans. They can solve 11. shortage 11. shortage physical physical tough problems, use tools, and share hunting duties in groups. Many chimps 11. punish 11. punish orphan orphan have been taught sign language to communicate with people. Scientists have 12. trophy 12. trophy charming charming also seen these caring animals take care of an elderly chimp. 12. telephone12. telephone champion champion • Create lists of words organized by their spelling patterns 23 Next time you visit a zoo, take a close look at the creatures you see. They may be smarter than you think!

• Write and spell words with ch, gh, ph, and sh Classroom ActivityClassroom (BLM 7) Activity (BLM 7) Take-Home ActivityTake-Home (BLM 8) Activity (BLM 8) Reading Passage (BLM 9) Spelling Dictation (BLM 10) Word Study & VocabularyWord 2: Unit Study 23: &Consonant Vocabulary digraphs 2: Unit 23:ch, Consonantgh, ph, sh digraphs ch, gh, ph, sh ©2010 Benchmark Education©2010 Company, Benchmark LLC Education Company, LLC Word Study & VocabularyWord 2: Unit Study 23: &Consonant Vocabulary digraphs 2: Unit 23:ch, Consonantgh, ph, sh digraphs ch, gh, ph, sh ©2010 Benchmark Education©2010 Company, Benchmark LLC Education Company, LLC Word Study & Vocabulary 2: Unit 23: Consonant digraphs ch, gh, ph, sh ©2010 Benchmark Education Company, LLC Word Study & Vocabulary 2: Unit 23: Consonant digraphs ch, gh, ph, sh ©2010 Benchmark Education Company, LLC Materials: Classroom Activity (BLM 7) Take-Home Activity (BLM 8) Reading Passage (BLM 9) • BLM 9: Reading Passage • BLM 10: Spelling Dictation Name ______Date ______Name ______Date ______Name ______Date ______Clever Creatures Spelling Dictation Spelling Peer Check Additional Materials:

You’ve probably heard the phrase “a memory like an elephant.” That’s Review Words Directions: Work with a partner. Follow the directions from your teacher to use this BLM to write your spelling words. • BLM 11: Spelling Peer Check because elephants are some of the smartest animals on Earth! • Word Study Notebooks 1. Scientists can tell how smart animals are in many ways. One way is brain First Try Second Try Correct Spelling (if needed) size. Animals that have large brains compared to their bodies are usually pretty 2. sharp. Another sign of intelligence is whether an animal recognizes itself when • Pocket Chart check to make sure underlines 3. 1. 1. 1. it looks in a mirror. Scientists have also observed that animals that care for their are marked to overprint Day 5 (Window: Attributes) babies for a long time are often smarter. Elephants, dolphins, and chimpanzees pass all three of these tests. 2. 2. 2. • Stopwatches (Day 3) Students will: New Words Let’s begin with elephants. They have a good memory, which helps them tell their friends from their enemies. They can use tools and follow human 1. 3. 3. 3. • Spell words with ch, gh, ph, and sh commands. They also show caring for each other and for other animals, which 2. is seen as a strong sign of intelligence. 4. 4. 4. 3. Dolphins can learn and repeat behavior, which is probably why they’re so popular in water park shows. Dolphins “talk” to each other through sounds like 5. 5. 5. Materials: clicks or whistles. Scientists think that they even have names for each other. Dolphins have also been used by the U.S. Navy to help find underwater mines— Sentence 6. 6. 6. that’s pretty clever.

• Quick-Check Assessment Chimps are perhaps the smartest animals next to humans. They can solve 7 . 7 . 7 . tough problems, use tools, and share hunting duties in groups. Many chimps have been taught sign language to communicate with people. Scientists have also seen these caring animals take care of an elderly chimp. 8. 8. 8.

Next time you visit a zoo, take a close look at the creatures you see. 9. 9. 9. They may be smarter than you think!

Reading Passage (BLM 9) Spelling Dictation (BLM 10) Spelling Peer Check (BLM 11) Word Study & Vocabulary 2: Unit 23: Consonant digraphs ch, gh, ph, sh ©2010 Benchmark Education Company, LLC Word Study & Vocabulary 2: Unit 23: Consonant digraphs ch, gh, ph, sh ©2010 Benchmark Education Company, LLC Word Study & Vocabulary 2: Unit 23: Consonant digraphs ch, gh, ph, sh ©2010 Benchmark Education Company, LLC Spelling Dictation (BLM 10) Spelling Peer Check (BLM 11)

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Supporting ELs Review Silent Consonants t, g, w, k, h, gh Point out to Spanish-speaking ELs that Focus Words: castle, design, wrinkle, knuckle, honest, through many Spanish cognates for English words with ph are spelled with f in Spanish, for Ask students what they remember about words such as design, castle, and through. example: la física/physics; el teléfono/ If needed, remind them that these words contain silent consonant sounds. telephone; el elefante/elephant. Write these words on the chalkboard and explain Say the focus words aloud and have students write the words in their word study that remembering the Spanish spelling will notebooks. Then have students underline the silent consonants in each word. help students correctly pronounce these words in English. Ask students to work with a partner to check their work and then use each of the words in an oral sentence.

Blending Practice If some students have difficulty reading the Introduce Consonant Digraphs ch, gh, ph, sh words, help them read the words syllable by syllable. For example, write the word photocopy on the chalkboard. Point out Model how you look for vowel sounds to tell you how many syllables there are. Show how Write the words phantom, alphabet, and enough on the chalkboard and read them you divide the word into four syllables: aloud to students. Underline the digraphs ph and gh in the words. Discuss any word pho/to/cop/y. Model using the rules for meanings that students might not know, such as phantom. Say: All of these words open and closed syllables to determine have consonant digraphs that stand for the /f/ sound. These digraphs can be found the vowel sounds. Read each syllable in the beginning, middle, or end of words. Point to each word and ask students and then blend the syllables together: where they hear the /f/ sound. pho/to/cop/y: photocopy. Continue to support students who need help with Write teach on the chalkboard and say it aloud. Underline the ch digraph. Say: The blending throughout the week, using the ch at the end of teach is another consonant digraph. This digraph stands for the example words used in the lesson. /ch/ sound. This digraph can appear at the beginning, middle, or end of words. Next write shiny on the chalkboard and say it aloud. Underline the sh. Say: The sh at the beginning of shiny is a consonant digraph that stands for the /sh/ sound. This digraph can also appear at the beginning, middle, or end of words. Write daughter on the chalkboard and read it aloud. Point out the gh in the middle of daughter and remind students that in some words, such as daughter, the gh is silent.

Guide Draw a five-column chart on the chalkboard with the headings: ch, ph, gh, sh, and silent gh. Then write reach, phrase, cough, eggshell, and naughty on the chalkboard. With students, decide in which category each of the words on the chalkboard belongs and write the words in the correct column of the chart.

Apply ©2010 Benchmark Education Company, LLC. All rights reserved. Teachers may photocopy the reproducible pages for classroom use. No other part of the guide may be reproduced or transmitted in whole or Ask students to work with a partner to create sentences in their word study in part in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, notebooks with the words from the chalkboard. without permission in writing from the publisher. Printed in Guangzhou, China. XXXX-XXXX-XXXX ISBN: 978-1-4509-0202-1

Kit 2_Unit 23_TG.indd 2 6/12/10 7:09:39 PM Spelling Words with Consonant Digraphs Assessment Tip If students are having difficulty with the Unit Spelling Words: alphabet, nephew, coughing, laughter, approach, ch, gh, ph, or sh spellings or sounds, give champion, accomplish, shortage them the anchor chart on BLM 1 to use as Write the words alphabet, nephew, laughter, and coughing on the chalkboard. Ask a reference. Encourage them to add other students what all the words have in common. After students have identified the /f/ examples of words with these consonant digraphs to the chart. sound, ask them to tell you what letters make the sound. Circle the digraphs ph and gh in the words. Write the words approach and champion on the chalkboard. Ask volunteers to Home/School Connection come up and circle the consonant digraph that stands for the /ch/ sound in the Students can take home a list of the words. spelling words and practice reading, writing, and spelling the words with a Repeat with the words accomplish and shortage, asking volunteers to circle the family member. digraph that stands for the /sh/ sound. Make sure students understand the meanings of the words. Ask volunteers to use the words in oral sentences. Ask students to copy the spelling words in their word study notebooks. Ask students to underline the ch, gh, ph, or sh spelling in each word. Then have partners check each other’s spelling and underlining.

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Sound Sort Review Consonant Digraphs ch, gh, ph, sh /ch/ /f/ Show students the anchor poster and ask volunteers to come up with their own approach alphabet example sentences for each word shown in the example sentences on the chart. attach elephant chopstick phantom photocopy physics Sound Sort coughing enough Teacher Word Cards: chopstick, tougher, daughter tougher Teacher Category Cards /sh/ Silent gh Place the category cards next to each other in a pocket chart. Hold up the word card fashion daughter shortage naughty chopstick and model how to sort it. shipment Think aloud: I see the digraph ch at the beginning of this word and, when I say the word, I hear the /ch/ sound. I will place the word into the category for /ch/. Buddy Sort Hold up the word card tougher. Ask students which digraph they see in the word. /ch/ /f/ Have them read the word aloud to hear that sound that the digraph stands for. Ask a charming nephew volunteer to come up and place the word in the pocket chart. coach orphan speechless telephone Hold up the word card daughter and ask students which digraph they see. Ask champion phonics students to read the word aloud and tell you what they notice about the digraph. pouch photograph (silent gh) Ask a volunteer to come up and place the word in the pocket chart. trophy Give pairs of students the word cards from BLM 3 and the category cards from /sh/ Silent gh BLM 2. Ask them to work together to sort the rest of the cards according to the brush caught sounds of the consonant digraphs. Remind them to watch for words in which the shutter fought furnish gh digraph is silent.

Home/School Connection Have students take home BLM 6 to Buddy Sort complete with a family member. Students Give pairs of students the category cards from BLM 2. Have them use word cards can also take home the word cards and from BLM 4 to sort the words according to the sounds of the consonant digraphs in share their sorts with a family member. the words. Invite one student to read a word and ask in which category to place the word. When the other student responds and the word is placed, the other student Supporting ELs chooses a word and asks where the word should be sorted. Have students sort words Because some ELs may not have someone with silent consonant digraphs in the Silent gh category. at home who speaks English well enough Spelling. Select an example of each of the various spellings and sounds from the unit to work with them on BLM 6, make sure spelling words and ask students to use their word study notebooks to write sentences that they understand the directions. that use these words.

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Speed Sort Speed Sort Remind students that yesterday they sorted words according to the sounds of the /ch/ /f/ consonant digraphs. Ask them to explain what was different about the consonant attach autograph digraphs in words like caught and naughty. Make sure students understand that childhood hyphen spinach laughter the gh digraph in these words is silent. Remind them that they need to remember screech pharaoh this when they spell the words. physical roughest Give students the category cards from BLM 2, the word cards from BLM 5, and a stopwatch. Have them time themselves as they sort the words. /sh/ Silent gh accomplish taught After all the words have been sorted, ask partners to compare their sorts and point shipping thought out the consonant digraph in each word. shower washer Applying Meaning. Give students BLM 7 and ask them to complete the activity, choosing the word that doesn’t fit with the others in the set. Assessment Tip Use students’ completed BLM 7 to assess their understanding of the spelling patterns for the words. Note whether they need more practice in applying the different spellings.

Providing Support ELs and struggling readers may have difficulty completing BLM 7 on their own. Have them work with a partner and a dictionary to read and complete it.

Home/School Connection Give students BLM 8 to complete with a family member. Explain that they are to do the same thing they did on BLM 7 in class.

Supporting ELs Make sure that ELs understand what to do on BLM 8 since there may not be anyone at home who speaks English well enough to help them complete it.

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Providing Support Word Hunt Some ELs and struggling readers may have Give each student a copy of the passage on BLM 9. Tell them that they will be going difficulty reading the passage. Have these students read with an on-level reader. on a word hunt, looking for examples of words that are spelled with ch, gh, ph, or Alternatively, you could read the passage sh. to them while they follow along or echo- Ask students to complete the word hunt on their own, circling words that contain ch, read with you. Ask students to look and gh, ph, or sh. listen for examples of words with the target spellings ch, gh, ph, sh. After students have completed the word hunt, have them sort the words by digraph, Name ______Date ______usingName a ______chart in their word Date ______study notebooks. Clever Creatures Spelling Dictation

You’ve probably heard the phrase “a memory like an elephant.” That’s Then,Review have Words students meet together in small groups and read the words they found because elephants are some of the smartest animals on Earth! aloud1. to the group. Have students work together to use some of the words in Scientists can tell how smart animals are in many ways. One way is brain size. Animals that have large brains compared to their bodies are usually pretty sentences.2. sharp. Another sign of intelligence is whether an animal recognizes itself when check to make sure underlines 3. it looks in a mirror. Scientists have also observed that animals that care for their are marked to overprint (Window: Attributes) babies for a long time are often smarter. Elephants, dolphins, and chimpanzees pass all three of these tests. New Words Let’s begin with elephants. They have a good memory, which helps them tell their friends from their enemies. They can use tools and follow human 1. commands. They also show caring for each other and for other animals, which Spelling Dictation 2. is seen as a strong sign of intelligence. 3. Dolphins can learn and repeat behavior, which is probably why they’re so Give students Spelling Dictation (BLM 10). Dictate the following words from last popular in water park shows. Dolphins “talk” to each other through sounds like clicks or whistles. Scientists think that they even have names for each other. week’s spelling words to students, one at a time, and have students write them on Dolphins have also been used by the U.S. Navy to help find underwater mines— Sentence that’s pretty clever. their BLMs: align, rhyme, brought.

Chimps are perhaps the smartest animals next to humans. They can solve tough problems, use tools, and share hunting duties in groups. Many chimps Dictate the following words from this week’s unit, one at a time, having students have been taught sign language to communicate with people. Scientists have also seen these caring animals take care of an elderly chimp. write them on the BLMs: alphabet, approach, accomplish. Next time you visit a zoo, take a close look at the creatures you see. They may be smarter than you think! Dictate the following sentence and have students write it on their papers: Reading Passage (BLM 9) Spelling Dictation (BLM 10) AnswerWord Study & Vocabulary 2: KeyUnit 23: Consonant Reading digraphs ch, gh, ph, sh Passage©2010 (BLM Benchmark Education Company,9) LLC There’sWord Study & Vocabulary certainly 2: Unit 23: Consonant digraphs ch,not gh, ph, sh a shortage©2010 Benchmark of Education laughter Company, LLC when my nephew is around. Write the words and sentence on the chalkboard and have students self-correct their Home/School Connection papers. Have students take the reading passage on BLM 9 home to read to a family member and point out the words that have either ch, gh, ph, or sh digraphs. Spelling Practice Give pairs of students Spelling Peer Check (BLM 11). While one student reads the Supporting ELs spelling words from his or her word study notebook, the other student writes the words in the First Try column. After the second student has spelled the words, Make sure ELs know the meanings of the the first student places a check mark next to words spelled correctly. spelling words. Before student pairs use BLM 11, have the partners tell each other For the second try, the first student may prompt the second student by sounding out oral sentences using the spelling words. the words that were spelled incorrectly the first time. If the second spelling attempt is correct, the first student places a check mark in the Second Try column. Then students switch roles.

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Name ______Date ______Unit 23 Quick-Check: Spelling Assessment Consonant Digraphs ch, gh, ph, sh

Answer Questions Use the following procedure to assess students’ spelling of the unit spelling words: Directions: Choose the word that contains Directions: Choose the word that contains a silent gh. the /f/ sound. • Say a spelling word and use it in a sentence. 1. enough daughter 6. screech alphabet 2. coughing naughty 7 . reach tough

• Have students write the word on their papers. 3. taught tough 8. taught elephant • Continue with the remaining words on the list. 4. rough caught 9. phone coach 5. fought laughter 10. orphan caught • When students have finished, collect their papers and analyze their spelling of Apply Directions: In the space below, write a word you know for each of the consonant digraphs ch, gh, ph, the words. or sh. ______

Directions: Using the words from the word bank, complete the following sort. Write each word in the • Use the assessment to plan small-group or individual practice. appropriate sort category.

ch ph gh sh Word Bank physical, catcher physical enough shutter phonics, telephone naughty catcher, shutter, phonics enough, telephone, Quick-Check Assessment naughty Think and Write about Consonant Digraphs ch, gh, ph, sh Directions: In the space below, explain how understanding words with ch, gh, ph, or sh helps you as a reader, speller, and writer. Assess students’ mastery of words spelled with ch, gh, ph, or sh using the ______Word Study & Vocabulary 2: Unit 23: Consonant Digraphs ch, gh, ph, sh ©2010 Benchmark Education Company, LLC Quick-Check for Unit 23. Answer Key Unit 23 Quick-Check

Answer Key BLM 6

Suggestions for Independent Practice /ch/ /f/ Crossword Puzzle. Students can work with a partner to make a crossword puzzle screech cough that uses some of the words from the word cards. Pairs can swap their puzzles pouch phrase with another pair. elephant orphan Fishing for Digraphs. Provide a set of word cards from any of this week’s BLMs tough to pairs of students. Have one partner deal four cards to each player, leaving photograph eight cards in the pile. Then students play “Go Fish,” pairing cards with the same /sh/ Silent gh digraph, such as furnish and punish. The object is to make the most pairs. shipping taught shower brought Funny Fill-Ins. Have pairs of students each write a short cloze paragraph story that is missing some words with digraphs ch, ph, gh, or sh. Have students leave Answer Key BLM 7 blanks that in place of the words with the digraphs. Then, without allowing their partners to look at the paragraph, have students ask their partners to name words 1. beach 7. coughing to complete the story. Then partners read the stories to each other. 2. cough 8. enough 3. elephant 9. pharaoh Digraph Rhymes. Have pairs of students write poems using words with this unit’s 4. nephew 10. physics consonant digraphs. Encourage them to use alliteration if possible. 5. roughest 11. orphan 6. accomplish 12. telephone

Answer Key BLM 8 1. enough 7. telephone 2. shutter 8. laughter 3. physics 9. rough 4. shiny 10. hyphen 5. orphan 11. physical 6. accomplish 12. trophy

Kit 2_Unit 23_TG.indd 7 6/12/10 7:09:41 PM Name ______Date ______Unit 23 Quick-Check: Consonant Digraphs ch, gh, ph, sh

Answer Questions Directions: Choose the word that contains Directions: Choose the word that contains a silent gh. the /f/ sound. 1. enough daughter 6. screech alphabet

2. coughing naughty 7. reach tough

3. taught tough 8. taught elephant

4. rough caught 9. phone coach

5. fought laughter 10. orphan caught

Apply Directions: In the space below, write a word you know for each of the consonant digraphs ch, gh, ph, or sh.

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Directions: Using the words from the word bank, complete the following sort. Write each word in the appropriate sort category.

ch ph gh sh Word Bank physical, phonics, catcher, shutter, enough, telephone, naughty

Think and Write about Consonant Digraphs ch, gh, ph, sh Directions: In the space below, explain how understanding words with ch, gh, ph, or sh helps you as a reader, speller, and writer. ______

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