Students search for and color words with digraphs (sh, ph, th, ch, wh) and tally their findings on this educational worksheet.

Let's solve this "Search & Tally Digraphs" worksheet step by step.

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🔍 Objective:

Find words containing specific digraphs (two letters that make one sound), color them according to the key, and tally how many you find for each digraph.

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🎨 Color Key:

- 🔴 sh = red
- 🔵 ph = blue
- 🟡 th = yellow
- 🟢 ch = green
- 🟧 wh = orange

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We’ll go through each word and identify which digraph it contains.

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## ✔ Step 1: Identify Words with Each Digraph

🔴 sh (red)

Words with sh sound:
- shine ✔
- shop ✔
- shed ✔
- shake ✔
- shape ✔
- shin ✔
- ship ✔
- cheap ✔? → Wait! "cheap" has ch, not sh

Let’s check carefully:

- shine → sh ✔
- shop → sh ✔
- shed → sh ✔
- shake → sh ✔
- shape → sh ✔
- shin → sh ✔
- ship → sh ✔
- chop → ch ✘ (not sh)
- which → wh, not sh ✘
- chase → ch ✘

So sh words:
- shine
- shop
- shed
- shake
- shape
- shin
- ship

✔ 7 words with "sh"

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🔵 ph (blue)

Words with ph sound (like "f"):
- phonic → ph ✔
- photos → ph ✔
- phrase → ph ✔
- phone? → not here
- photo → yes, "photos" is included

Other words:
- thank → th, not ph ✘
- that → th ✘
- they → th ✘
- chip → ch ✘
- chill → ch ✘

So ph words:
- phonics ✔
- photos ✔
- phrase ✔

✔ 3 words with "ph"

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🟡 th (yellow)

Words with th sound (either "th" as in "think" or "this")

- thank → th ✔
- there → th ✔
- then → th ✔
- this → th ✔
- throw → th ✔
- that → th ✔
- they → th ✔
- think → th ✔

Now check others:
- which → wh ✘
- where → wh? No, where has wh at start but ere — actually, where starts with wh, so it’s wh
Wait! Let’s clarify:

- where → starts with wh → belongs to wh group
- there → starts with th → ✔
- then → th ✔
- this → th ✔
- throw → th ✔
- that → th ✔
- they → th ✔
- think → th ✔
- thank → th ✔

So th words:
- thank
- there
- then
- this
- throw
- that
- they
- think

✔ 8 words with "th"

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🟢 ch (green)

Words with ch sound (like "church", "chip")
- chop → ch ✔
- chess → ch ✔
- chin → ch ✔
- chip → ch ✔
- chill → ch ✔
- cheese → ch ✔
- cheek → ch ✔
- cheap → ch ✔
- chase → ch ✔

Check:
- chop ✔
- chess ✔
- chin ✔
- chip ✔
- chill ✔
- cheese ✔
- cheek ✔
- cheap ✔
- chase ✔

Are any missing?

- chop, chess, chin, chip, chill, cheese, cheek, cheap, chase → all have ch

✔ 9 words with "ch"

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🟧 wh (orange)

Words with wh sound (like "what", "when")
- which → wh ✔
- where → wh ✔
- whale → wh ✔
- when → wh ✔
- whisper → wh ✔

Others?
- white? Not here
- why? Not here

So:
- which ✔
- where ✔
- whale ✔
- when ✔
- whisper ✔

✔ 5 words with "wh"

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## ✔ Final Tally:

| Digraph | Words Found | Count |
|--------|-------------|-------|
| sh | shine, shop, shed, shake, shape, shin, ship | 7 |
| ph | phonics, photos, phrase | 3 |
| th | thank, there, then, this, throw, that, they, think | 8 |
| ch | chop, chess, chin, chip, chill, cheese, cheek, cheap, chase | 9 |
| wh | which, where, whale, when, whisper | 5 |

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## 🖋️ How to Complete the Worksheet:

1. Color each word based on its digraph:
- Red (🔴): shine, shop, shed, shake, shape, shin, ship
- Blue (🔵): phonics, photos, phrase
- Yellow (🟡): thank, there, then, this, throw, that, they, think
- Green (🟢): chop, chess, chin, chip, chill, cheese, cheek, cheap, chase
- Orange (🟧): which, where, whale, when, whisper

2. Tally the counts in the boxes below:
- sh: 7
- ph: 3
- th: 8
- ch: 9
- wh: 5

You can write the numbers in the boxes or draw tally marks.

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## ✔ Summary Answer:

| Digraph | Number of Words |
|--------|------------------|
| sh | 7 |
| ph | 3 |
| th | 8 |
| ch | 9 |
| wh | 5 |

This completes the Search & Tally Digraphs activity! 🎉