Digraph Reading Worksheets to Build Strong Phonics Skills
These printable digraph reading worksheets are designed to help early readers build confidence and strengthen their phonics skills through fun and engaging practice. Whether you’re a homeschool parent, classroom teacher, or tutor, these resources offer a hands-on way to reinforce digraph recognition, decoding, and fluency.
These digraph worksheets are easy to fit into your daily routine, whether you’re teaching at home or in the classroom. Use them as part of your morning work, small group phonics time, literacy centers, or independent reading practice. They’re also great for early finishers or take-home practice. Pair the worksheets with hands-on activities like magnetic letters, digraph games, or read-alouds that emphasize the same sounds for even deeper learning.
Each worksheet focuses on a specific digraph (th, sh, ch, ck, ee, ea, oa, wh, ph, ay), helping children zero in on one sound at a time. To support early readers, the words are broken down with helpful bullets beneath each letter, guiding them to sound out words step by step. This visual support encourages phonemic awareness and builds confidence as they blend letters into full words.
After your child is comfortable sounding out the bullet-style words, you can introduce the list pages for an extra challenge. One list is organized by digraph, allowing them to focus on one sound at a time, while the other is a mixed list that encourages flexible thinking and word recognition. This progression helps build fluency and reinforces their ability to decode digraphs in any context, preparing them for more confident and independent reading.
Have your child or students highlight or color the digraph in each word to help them visually isolate the sound. For added writing practice, they can trace or rewrite the word on a whiteboard or in a notebook. You can use these lists with this Vocabulary Writing Activity for writing and vocabulary practice.
Included:
– 10 bullet-style digraph worksheets – th, ch, sh, wh, ph, oa, ee, ea, ay, ck
(each word features dots under letters to guide sound-by-sound decoding)
– 1 digraph word list page (organized by digraph)
– 1 mixed digraph word list page (randomized for fluency and review)
– Teacher guide with tips and extension ideas
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