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Phonics Digraph Sh

With these printable worksheets, games, word wheels, flashcards, and activities students will learn to read and write words that have the /sh/ sound.

Phonics Digraph Sh - Worksheets

Cut and Glue Activities

This cut-and-glue activity has students cutting out the word boxes with SH words and gluing them to the matching picture.
1st Grade
aCut-and-Glue (Sh Words)
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In this miniature book students will read about a girl who takes of her shoes, sees a shark, and goes to the shake shop.
Kindergarten to 2nd Grade
aMini-Book 1:  A Shake at the Shore
Students will enjoy reading words with the SH digraph with this easy-to-assemble mini-book.
1st Grade
aMini-Book 2: /sh/
Use scissors to cut out the picture boxes and glue them to the appropriate column: SH words or other words.
1st Grade
aWord Sort (Cut and Glue)
Students can color and put-together this cute phonics flip book featuring SH words.
1st Grade
aPhonics Flip Book (SH)
Can you make the words "ship" and "sheep" with the letter boxes provided? Glue them in the spaces below the pictures.
1st Grade
aBuild-a-Word #1: Ship and Sheep
Use the letter tiles to make the words "shark" and "shell" on this phonics worksheet.
1st Grade
aBuild-a-Word #2: Shark and Shell
This pennant activity has 15 printable pennants featuring words with the SH sound. They are to be cut out, colored, and strung up around the classroom for fun.
1st Grade
aPennant (SH Words)

Worksheets

Write the missing letters in the boxes to complete the word and then write that word on the lines below.
1st Grade
aMissing Letters (SH Words)
Say the name of each object shown. Color only the objects that have the /sh/ sound.
1st Grade
aColor SH Pictures
Complete the sentences on this page by writing in the correct SH word on the blank line.
1st Grade
aSentences with SH Words
Look at the pictures on this worksheet and writing the correct word for it on the lines using the word bank at the top of the page.
1st Grade
aWriting Words with SH
Color the four pictures, then trace the SH words along the dotted lines. Next, write the words on the primary-ruled lines.
1st Grade
aTrace and Write
Students will practice recognizing SH digraph words by drawing a line to match the picture to the matching word.
1st Grade
aMatching Worksheet
Unscramble the /sh/ words and find them in the puzzle.
1st and 2nd Grades
aWord Scramble - /sh/
This phonics graphic organizer has 6 spaces for students to write SH words.
1st Grade
aWord Web (SH Words)
This worksheet has eight primary-ruled lines for students to think up and write all of the SH words they can think of.
1st Grade
aPhonics Brainstorm (SH Words)
Make a list of 24 words that has the sh sound at the beginning, another list of words that has sh in the middle, and a list that has sh at the end.
1st Grade
aBrainstorm SH Words (Advanced)
Review the sh- digraph with this anchor chart. It includes common words such as shell, fish, shovel, brush, sheep, shark, crash, and ship.
1st and 2nd Grades
aAnchor Chart (Sh- Words)

Games & Learning Centers

This phonics printable has 36 (18 word and 18 picture) cards to cut out and use in different ways to practice learning words with the SH digraph.
1st Grade
aPhonics Card Game /sh/
Cut out these cards and sort them into three groups: SH, SN, and ST. Please be sure you select landscape mode when printing this file.
1st Grade
aSH, SN, and ST Sorting Cards
Students will take their scavenger hunt worksheet around the classroom to find the fifteen word cards that are hidden, and write the word they find on their sheet.
1st Grade
aScavenger Hunt (SH Words)
Cut out the word squares and arrange them into sentences. Use at least one SH word in each sentence and write the sentences down on the lines attached.
1st Grade
aLet's Make Sentences (SH)
Use letter stampers to form the SH words in the spaces provided.
1st Grade
aLetter Stampers (SH Words)

Sliders, Word Wheels, & Flashcards

This phonics printable has 22 flashcards that can be cut out and used for practicing words with the SH digraph.
1st Grade
aFlashcards
This fish-shaped word slider has two word strips. One of them has words that have the SH sound at the beginning of the word (ex. shark) and the other word strip has words with the SH sound at the end of the word (ex. wash).
1st Grade
aWord Slider (SH Words)
Print out this phonics word wheel to practice reading words with the SH sound at the beginning of the word (ex. shell, sheep, short).
1st Grade
aWord Wheel<br>Words That Start With Sh
This word wheel is different from the first because it spins to reveal words with the SH sound at the end of the word (ex. wish, push, dish).
1st Grade
aWord Wheel<br>Words That End With Sh

Sh and Ch Mixed

Color and create a mini-book that teaches students about the /ch/ and /sh/ sounds.
Kindergarten to 2nd Grade
aMini-Book: Sh and Ch
Sort the illustrations into two groups: Sh- words and Ch- words. Word list: shell, cheese, chicken, sheep, cherries, shoes, shark, chin, chess, shovel, chair, and ship.
Kindergarten to 2nd Grade
aPicture Card Sort: Sh and Ch
Circle the word that names each picture. The write the word on the line. Items include: shell, chip, sheep, ship, and fish.
1st and 2nd Grades
aCircle and Write: Ch and Sh
Cut out the picture cards and sort them on the t-chart.
1st and 2nd Grades
aCut-and-Glue Word Sort including Sh Words
Your students will have fun with this phonics scavenger hunt that features both words with a /ch/ sound and words with a /sh/ sound. Students will write the words they find on their worksheets as they search for the word cards.
1st Grade
aScavenger Hunt (SH and CH Words)
Write the letters sh or ch on each line to complete the sentence.
1st and 2nd Grades
aSentences with Sh and Ch Words
Each riddle can be answered with a ch or sh word.
1st and 2nd Grades
aRiddles with Sh and Ch Words
Make a list of words that begins and ends with sh and ch
1st and 2nd Grades
aLists of Ch and Sh Words

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