Skill: digraph th (breath & voice sound)
A digraph has two letters, but one completely new sound.Put your fingers in front of your mouth and say “thank”. Can you feel the air as it is expelled from your mouth? Can you guess why it is called a “breath” sound?
Read these words.
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| thank | thing | thrust |
| thick | think | thud |
| thicket | thrift | thug |
| thickness | thrill | thump |
| thin | throb | thwack |
(th voice sound) (audible)
| than | them | this |
| that | then | thus |
Can you think of two more words that have either the breath or voice (th) sound?
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Dictation/Spelling Practice for (th) words
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Read the sentences listed below.
- I must thank Ben and Sam.
- This box has less stuff than that box.
- I think I will fill the bathtub.
- Beth’s dog had a bath.
- I think I can toss this big thing.
- This cloth is soft and thick.
- I think I will run on this path.
- Is the cat thin or fat?
- I think I will have some broth.
- The thrush sang in the thicket.
- Thad can thwack the big thug.
- The rabbit in the path can thump his foot.
- Beth is ill, and thus absent.
Write one or two sentences and include one or more (th) words in each sentence.
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