Printable Consonant Digraphs Worksheets

Printable consonant digraphs worksheets for 1st through 3rd grade, with an answer key on every sheet. The sets below cover 4 different skills, so you can start where your child actually is. Available as fill in the blank and sorting activities.

Targeted Practice by Skill

About Consonant Digraphs

What this skill is

Consonant digraphs are two-letter combinations that team up to produce one single unique sound (sh in ship, ch in chin, th in think, wh in whale, ph in phone).

When children learn it

Consonant digraphs are taught in kindergarten through 2nd grade, aligned to 1.RF.3.A.

Teaching Tips

  • Use gesture prompts for digraph sounds (finger to lips for sh).
  • Highlight digraph letter pairs in reading passages.

Common Mistakes

  • Trying to pronounce both individual letters in a digraph.
  • Confusing unvoiced th (think) with voiced th (this).