Consonant Digraphs Year 1

A complete Year 1 phonics unit with editable teaching slides, colourful activities, low-ink worksheets, assessment, rubric and answers for sh, ch, th, wh and ph.

Consonant Digraphs helps beginning readers understand how two consonant letters can work together to represent one sound. The editable 16-slide teaching presentation introduces the target digraphs at the beginning and end of words and models how to hear, build, read, sort and use digraph words.

Across a coherent week of teaching, students use a colour reference poster, cut-apart desk cards, a twenty-card picture sort, ten word-building puzzles and the Digraph Trail Game. Eight black-and-white practice pages move from picture-to-sound matching into word sorting, digraph identification, word completion, sentence reading and simple sentence writing.

The unit closes with a two-part Consonant Digraphs Check-In and a low-ink rubric. Nine answer pages duplicate the matching fixed-response worksheet or assessment page, with red responses placed where students work.

What's Included

• 16-slide editable Consonant Digraphs teaching presentation
• 22-slide editable quiz with 10 question-and-answer pairs
• 27-page printable Unit Plan PDF
• Consonant Digraphs reference poster
• Two cut-apart desk cards
• Twenty-card Digraph Picture Sort
• Ten Build a Digraph Word puzzles
• Digraph Trail Game
• Eight low-ink practice pages
• Two-part Consonant Digraphs Check-In with answers
• Low-ink learning rubric
• Nine matching answer pages for fixed-response tasks

Learning Focus

• Explain that a consonant digraph is two consonant letters representing one sound
• Hear and identify sh, ch, th, wh and ph
• Recognise target digraphs at the beginning and end of words
• Blend, read, complete and spell common digraph words
• Sort words by consonant digraph
• Read and write simple sentences containing digraph words

Classroom Use

Teach the presentation across a short explicit phonics sequence. Use the poster and desk cards during practice, rotate the picture sort, puzzles and trail game through literacy groups, select worksheets for guided or independent work, and use the check-in and rubric for assessment and feedback.

Product Details

• Year level: Year 1
• Subject: English
• Formats: PDF and editable PPTX
• Answer key: Included
• Unit plan: 27 pages

Digital Product and Licence

This is a digital product; no physical item is supplied. The purchasing teacher may use the files with their own class. Files may not be shared, resold, redistributed or posted publicly.