[chugga-chugga] [chugga-chugga] [choo choo] Is that the train we used for finger tracking?
[chugga-chugga] [chugga-chugga] [choo choo] Shhh!
[chugga-chugga] [chugga-chugga] [choo choo] C and H are too loud driving that train.
[chugga-chugga] [chugga-chugga] [choo choo] Shh!
[chugga-chugga] [chugga-chugga] Shhh!
We were trying to read. /sh/.
Oh no, is that C and H coming back?
[sigh] Phew! It's S and H; they're nice and quiet.
Shhhhhh....
Uh, hey Mia! We weren't finished reading.
We know that blends have two letters next to each other, and we hear both sounds, like
/pr/, /bl/, or /sk/.
In a blend like /sk/, we can hear the /s/ sound, and we can also hear the /k/ sound.
Today, we are going to learn about digraphs.
In one way, digraphs are similar to blends, but in another way, they're different.
Digraphs have two letters next to each other, but we don't hear both sounds; we hear one new sound.
Today, we are working on the digraphs S H and C H. For the digraph made with the letters S and H,
we don't hear the sounds separately; we hear one new sound: /sh/.
To make this sound, we make our mouth into a round shape. We push our lips in front,
and we close our teeth almost all the way. When air comes out of our mouth, it keeps coming out.
/sh/
Make the sound with me:
/sh/.
Repeat the sound with me three times:
/sh/,
/sh/.
This is the sound we make when we want someone to be quiet.
/sh/
I can feel the air on my finger; the air keeps coming and coming.
What words have the "sh" sound at the beginning? How about "shed"?
"Shout"? "Shark"? What words end with the "shh" sound? "Dish," "leash," "wish."
Speaking of a wish, I wish that C and H weren't so loud earlier. For the digraph
made with the letters C and H, we don't hear the sound separately; we hear one new sound:
/ch/
To make this sound, we make our mouth into a round shape, we push our lips in front,
and we close our teeth almost all the way. When air comes out of our mouth, it just comes out
in a little burst. /ch/. Make the sound with me. /ch/. /ch/. Repeat the sound with me three times:
/ch/,
/ch/.
This is the sound we hear when that train comes by.
Chugga-chugga, chugga-chugga, choo choo! It's also in the sound we make when we sneeze.
Ah-ah-ah-chooooo!
Sorry about that sneeze. Let's think of some words. What words have the /ch/ sound at the
beginning? "Cheese," "chip," "chess." What about at the end of the word? What words have the
/ch/ sound at the end? "Peach," "beach," "switch." Let's look at two words to see the difference.
Can you read them? "Shop." "Chop." Repeat those words with me: "Shop." "Chop." They rhyme!
That's something that's similar between these words. But I know these words are
different because they have different meanings.
"Shop." "Chop." But I can also feel the difference in my mouth
when I make the digraph sounds at the beginning of these words.
"Shop." "Chop."
/sh/
/ch/
Can you make the sounds with me again?
/sh/
/ch/
When I make this sound /sh/, I can feel the air coming out, and it keeps going. When I make this
sound, /ch/, it feels shorter. The air doesn't keep going; it just comes out in a little burst.
/ch/
Ready for a game? What's this?
It's a baby chick. Aw.
"Chick." What digraph comes at the beginning of this word? C and H.
/ch/.
This part of our leg is called our "shin." Definitely gotta wear shin guards if you're
playing soccer. "Shin." What digraph comes at the beginning of this word? S and H.
/sh/.
"Fish. "Fish." What digraph goes at the end? S and H. /sh/.
"Rich," "rich." What digraph goes at the end? C and H. /ch/.
"Chin." "Chin." What digraph is it? C and H. /ch/.
"Ship." "Ship." What diagraph is it? S and H. /sh/.
Let's read some sentences. I will help you with the new sight words we see.
"She has a fish." "She."
"It is his chin." "His."
"You are so big now." "So." "Now."
"Mom said I have to brush." "Said."
Let's say those words again: "she," "his," "so," "now," "said."
Let's make our digraph sounds one more time, as well. /ch/. Make the sound one more time with me.
/ch/.
/sh/.
Make this sound one more time with me.
/sh/.
Hey, Mia! Did you wake up from your nap? Sorry we didn't get to finish our book with all the
ch-ch-choo choos from C and H.
We just learned that CH is a digraph because the two letters make one new sound: /ch/.
We also learned about the digraph S H. Those
two letters next to each other make the sound /sh/... /sh/...
No, Mia! Not again!