digraph

Everyday

Two letters that together make one sound, such as sh in «ship», ch in «chip», th in «thin», ee in «see» and ai in «rain». tree →

In the lessons

In phonics lessons children learn digraphs to read and spell: consonant digraphs (sh, ch, th, ph, wh, ck) and vowel digraphs (ee, oa, ai, oo). A trigraph is three letters making one sound (igh in «night»). «Split digraph» is a-e as in «cake». Phrases: «consonant digraph», «vowel digraph», «split digraph».

Examples

• «Sh» is a digraph in the word «fish». tree →
• Find the digraph in «boat». It's «oa». tree →
• «Ph» in «phone» is a digraph that sounds like f. tree →
• The split digraph i-e makes «bike» say its name. tree →
• Underline every digraph in the sentence. tree →
• «Th» can sound different in «this» and «thin». tree →

Note

Countable. Di- means two, -graph means writing. Not to be confused with «diagram» or «graph» in maths. A digraph is ONE sound, so «sh» is not s + h.