Th Digraph

Phonological Awareness 2-5 minutes

Activities:

1. Find the pictures that begins with /th/.

2. Find the pictures that ends with /th/.

3. Change the beginning or ending sound to /th/ to form a new word.

4. Write ‘th’ on the line if it you hear the /th/ sound.

Introduction

1. Teacher shows the poster and explain what a digraph is.

2. Teacher shows the mouth formation poster and demonstrates how to produce the /th/ sound.

3. Teacher explains that the digraph th can be found at the beginning or ending part of the word.

Blending Drill

1. Teacher demonstrates how to read the words by blending the sounds.

Word Level Activities

1. Match the picture to the word or word to picture

2. Circle the word that matches the picture

3. Word Search Puzzle

4. Sort the words (begins or ends with the digraph)

5. Categories

Sentence Level Activities

1. Phrasing/Scooping

2. Cloze Procedure

3. Choose the sentence that matches the picture

4. Draw the Sentence

5. Unscramble the sentence

6. Make your own sentence

Controlled Text

1. The teacher will guide the students into phrasing when reading the decodable passage.

2. The students will answer the comprehension questions.

Spelling

1. Build the word- with letter tiles

2. Write the beginning, middle, and ending sounds.

3. Circle the letters that will spell the words.

4. The teacher will dictate the words for spelling.

5. The teacher will dictate the sentences.