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Chimp Facts with ch, sh, th and wh

Grade 1 phonics: read a short article about chimps, then pick, write and sort words with the digraphs ch, sh, th and wh.

Grade 1ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRF.1.3.a

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  • 1 Common Core standard
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  • 8 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 1
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students read words with the consonant digraphs ch, sh, th and wh in a short article.
  • Students tell apart words that differ only in their digraph, such as thin, chin and shin.
  • Students write sh, ch or th to spell the last sound of a word.

How to use

Read the article together and have students point to each digraph they see. Then let them finish the questions on their own and read their answers aloud.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RF.1.3.a

Know the sounds that common consonant digraphs, such as sh, ch, th, and wh, make.

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Chimp Facts with ch, sh, th and wh

Read about chimps and listen for digraph sounds.

Read the article

Read the article. Look for words with ch, sh, th and wh.

Chimps

1Chimps are apes. They live in groups in the forests of Africa. A chimp has long arms and strong hands. It has a thumb on each hand, like you.

2Chimps munch on fruit and leaves. They eat bugs, too. A chimp can push a thin stick into a bug nest. When it pulls the stick out, bugs cling to it. Then the chimp eats the bugs.

3Chimps check each other's fur. They pick out dirt and bugs. This helps keep the fur clean, and it helps the chimps stay friends.

4At night, a chimp makes a bed up in a tree. It bends branches and leaves into a soft nest. Then it curls up and sleeps.

Words in the article

Look back at the article to answer each question.

1.
Read paragraph 2. Chimps ___ on fruit and leaves. Which word goes in the blank?
  • A. much
  • B. mush
  • C. munch
  • D. march
2.
Read paragraph 2. A chimp can push a ___ stick into a bug nest. Which word goes in the blank?
  • A. thin
  • B. thick
  • C. chin
  • D. shin
3.
Use the words in the box to finish the sentences from the article. One word is extra.
Word bank: branches · wheel · thumb · check

A chimp has a   on each hand.
Chimps   each other's fur.
At night, a chimp bends   and leaves into a soft nest.

Digraph sounds

Say each word out loud. Listen for the two letters that make one sound.

4.
In the word thumb, the letters t and h make one sound. Which word has that same sound?
  • A. tub
  • B. hum
  • C. chop
  • D. path
5.
Circle the three words that end with the ch sound.

dashinchrichclothsmashbunch

6.
Which two letters make the first sound in each word? Sort the words.
thumpchillwhiskchunkwhenthink
chthwh
7.
Write sh, ch or th to finish the last sound of each word.

Please wa  your hands.
We sat on a ben  at the park.
I take a ba  in the tub.

8.
Write a sentence that tells one thing chimps do. Use a word from the article that has ch, sh, th or wh.

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