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Initial Blends Practice

Initial Blends Practice

Children reading with speech bubbles showing sh, th, ch sounds

🔤 Part 1: Circle the Correct Initial Blend

1. What sound does "ship" start with?

sh

th

ch

2. What sound does "chair" start with?

sh

th

ch

3. What sound does "think" start with?

sh

th

ch

4. What sound does "shoe" start with?

sh

th

ch

✏️ Part 2: Complete the Words

5. Fill in the missing initial blends (sh, th, or ch):

a) ___ip (a boat)

b) ___ick (not thin)

c) ___eese (yellow food)

d) ___ell (from the beach)

e) ___umb (on your hand)

f) ___erry (red fruit)

📝 Part 3: Sort the Words

6. Put each word in the correct column by writing the number:

Word Bank: 1. shark 2. three 3. chicken 4. shop 5. throw 6. chocolate

sh words
_____
_____
th words
_____
_____
ch words
_____
_____

🎨 Part 4: Draw and Write

7. Draw a picture of something that starts with "sh":

Write the word: ________________

8. Draw a picture of something that starts with "ch":

Write the word: ________________

9. Draw a picture of something that starts with "th":

Write the word: ________________

🔍 Part 5: Find the Blend

10. Check all the words that start with "sh":

sheep

tree

shirt

cheese

shell

church

11. Check all the words that start with "th":

thirty

shoe

thank

chip

thick

shape

📖 Part 6: Write a Sentence

12. Write a sentence using a "sh" word:
13. Write a sentence using a "ch" word:
14. Write a sentence using a "th" word:

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