Digraph Write the Room Activities | Phonics Centers for Kindergarten & Grade 1

Digraph Write the Room Activities | Phonics Centers for Kindergarten & Grade 1

Build decoding, encoding and word-writing skills with these digraph write-the-room activities! Students move around the classroom to find phonics cards, then identify, trace or independently write the corresponding beginning digraph, ending digraph or word.

With 7 phonics-based activities, 56 word prompts and differentiated recording-sheet options, this resource provides targeted practice with beginning digraphs, ending digraphs and words ending in -ck, -ng and -nk. Use each activity as its focus skill is introduced or revisit the sets for review and additional practice.

 

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Why Educators Love This Resource:

✔ Provides targeted practice with beginning and ending digraphs
✔ Includes both sound-identification and word-reading activities
✔ Combines phonics, handwriting and movement
✔ Includes differentiated recording-sheet options
✔ Supports decoding, segmenting and encoding practice
✔ Includes picture-and-word, picture-only and text-only cards
✔ Uses a consistent format to support independence
✔ Can be reused for literacy centres, small groups and additional practice

 

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What’s Included:

✔ 69-page printable PDF
✔ 7 phonics-based write-the-room activities
✔ 56 picture or word prompts across all activities
✔ 2 beginning-digraph activities
✔ 5 ending-digraph activities
✔ Differentiated trace-and-write recording sheets
✔ Picture-and-word cards
✔ Picture-only cards
✔ Word or digraph-only cards
✔ Educator guide with differentiation suggestions

 

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Digraphs Included:

Beginning Digraphs
✔ sh
✔ th
✔ ch
✔ ph
✔ wh

Ending Digraphs
✔ -sh
✔ -th
✔ -ch
✔ -ck
✔ -ng
✔ -nk

 

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Differentiated Recording Sheets:

Activities include up to three recording-sheet options:

✔ Trace digraphs or words with starting dots
✔ Trace digraphs or words without starting dots
✔ Independently write the corresponding digraphs or words

Choose one format for your class or print a tracing page and writing page double-sided. Students can flip to the side that best matches their current needs.

 

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Card Options:

✔ Picture-and-text cards for supported identification, decoding and copying practice
✔ Picture-only cards for independently identifying digraphs or encoding words
✔ Text-only cards for digraph identification and word-reading practice

For self-checking practice, attach picture-only cards along the top and write or attach the corresponding answers underneath. Students can lift each card to check their work.

 

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Words and Pictures Included:

Beginning Digraph Identification: sh, th, ch, ph and wh
chair, cheese, cheetah, whale, wheelbarrow, ship, thermos and phone

Beginning Digraph Words: sh, ch, th and wh
ship, chop, chip, shin, chin, thin, shut and whisk

Ending Digraph Identification: -sh, -th and -ch
sandwich, peach, couch, ostrich, earth, mouth, tooth and radish

Ending Digraph Words: -sh, -th and -ch
itch, branch, dish, fish, bath, moth, math and sloth

Ending -ck Words
sick, sock, rock, pick, kick, duck, lock and neck

Ending -ng Words
hang, fang, ring, wing, lung, sing, king and tong

Ending -nk Words
wink, link, honk, dunk, pink, sink, tank and bank

 

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Skills Practised:

✔ Identifying beginning and ending digraphs
✔ Decoding words with digraphs
✔ Segmenting and encoding words
✔ Connecting phonemes to graphemes
✔ Distinguishing between beginning and ending sounds
✔ Forming lowercase letters correctly
✔ Matching words and pictures
✔ Recording responses independently

 

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Perfect For:

✔ Kindergarten and Grade 1 literacy centres
✔ Phonics centres
✔ Write-the-room activities
✔ Digraph practice
✔ Morning tubs
✔ Small-group instruction
✔ Intervention or additional practice
✔ Independent literacy activities

 

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