SOUND OF THE DAY

4 "ch" activities below

" ch " - Coloring Sheet
A basic coloring sheet which helps children become familiar with the digraph sound "ch" - Chocolate Chicken.  This is a good place to start after introducing the "ch" Chocolate Chicken sound.  Click the image at left to bring up this worksheet for printing.  Pass out to students and have them "color-away." 

 
" ch " - Classroom Activity
This picture may look like the coloring activity above but it's actually quite different. While the coloring worksheet above doesn't have any letters on the eggs - this one does.   Here's how it works.  The letters "ch" are placed on each of the eggs in the picture.   However, the chicken stayed up late while writing on the eggs and made several mistakes.   For instance, some eggs say - "hc" - "sh" - "th" - "wh" and other combinations.   Now tonight, the Chocolate Chicken wants to go back and color the eggs which spell "ch" correctly with the colors blue or green and color all incorrectly spelled eggs with either the color orange or purple.  So pass out this worksheet to all students and have them help Mrs. Chocolate Chicken by coloring in the Easter Eggs correctly.  Add up the totals and write the correct answer next to her tail.   This is a highly motivational activity since children love to see if they were "smart enough" to find the correct and incorrect letters.  After completion, go over together as a class and you'll be impressed with their enthusiasm.  Click the image at upper left for a quick loading HTML version of the worksheet.

 
Cut Outs
3 "ch" sounds on one 8x11 paper. Letters are large enough to easily be seen 30 feet across the room.  Print 2 or more copies - cut out the words and place around the classroom, hallways, on your "Word of the Day" hat -  anywhere that can attract attention.  Also makes excellent flash cards.

 

 
Oversize Teaching Letters
One letter per 8x11 paper and our oversize Chocolate Chicken will help your student(s) remember this important (and difficult) digraph sound - "ch."  (Digraphs are two letters which come together to make one sound.)  By associating the "ch" sound with a humorous name such as Chocolate Chicken, the child will be much more apt to remember the sound. If your student ever does forget the sound of "ch" - just look them in the eye and say - "Chocolate Chicken" - in 1 second the child will laugh and say the correct sound.  The letters should be taped onto the classroom board - wall - or to a special Word of the Day stand for daily teaching and reminding.