Teachers R US: Digraphs Picture Sort

Do you like for your students to move around and have fun while learning a skill? This is a great activity that will allow you to do just that. You can either use it in whole group or small group. It’s a great activity to use to teach or review digraphs.

When I do this activity, I will first start by placing the ch, sh, th, wh in a pocket chart. I will place them in a way that will allow them to be categorized. Then I will show the pictures and ask students which category the picture should go under. I make sure that all of the pictures go under the correct category. The next thing I do is take all of the pictures out of the pocket chart and give one card to each student. I will then call one student at a time to come put the picture under the correct category. I like doing my lesson in this order because it gives students the opportunity to work with me before I have them try to figure it out on their own.

I also place the pictures around the classroom and have students go find them. I will give each student a worksheet. Students will then go find the pictures. They will sound out the word and write it on the worksheet under the correct category. Before doing this activity, make sure that you have taught your students what each picture is.

Here is some more detail information about this activity:

This activity comes with:

Picture Sort

-Students sort pictures by CH, SH, TH, and WH. Then try to spell out each picture on a marker board.

-Picture sort comes in color and black and white

-This activity covers 40 words

Worksheet

This activity comes with 3 worksheets.

Worksheet #1: Place pictures around the room and have students write down what each picture is under the correct category. Then have students pick two words from the list and write them into sentences.

Worksheet #2: Students read the words and cut out the pictures, then glue the pictures next to their words.

Worksheet #3: Students cut out pictures, and glue them under the correct category.

Black and White Word Cards

-I made a card for every digraph word used in this activity. You can either send the cards home or create games using the cards like Memory or Go Fish.

Lesson Plan

-I created a lesson plan that could be used for this literacy activity. The lesson plan comes with common core state standards, and ideas on how to use this activity.

Video Ideas and Books that Teach Digraphs

-I wrote down videos that cover digraphs. I also wrote down books and activities that you can read or do that will help emphasize digraphs.

Here is an example on how to use this activity: I play several games with word cards as a whole group. The main games that I play that my students love is mingle and 2 circle game. Mingle is where you give each student a card. You start the game by saying “mingle”. Students will walk around the room until you say stop. When you say stop, students are to find the closest person to them to partner up with. They read their card to them and then switch cards. I repeat this game until students lose interest. The 2 circle game is where I have students get into 2 circles (an inner and outer circle). When they get into their circle they make sure that they have a partner that faces them. Students read their card to their partner and switch cards. Then I have the inner circle move to the right one time. Continue to do this until students have made a complete circle.