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Read it. Trace it. Write it. Draw it! Two letters. One sound. A new step in reading.

Every Consonant Digraphs Trace and Blend set in one download: seven sets, 81 words, every word with three sounds and two letters standing for one of them, decodable with single letter-sounds plus the digraph.

• Set 1, ck words: back, deck, dock, duck, kick, lick, lock, pack, pick, rock, sack, sock.
• Set 2, ll words: bell, doll, fell, fill, gill, hill, hull, sell, sill, tell, well, yell.
• Set 3, ss ff zz words: kiss, miss, mess, moss, boss, hiss, toss, fuss, puff, cuff, buzz, fizz.
• Set 4, sh words: ship, shop, shed, shell, shack, shock, shut, shin, dish, fish, rush, mash.
• Set 5, ch words: chip, chat, chin, chop, chess, chick, chill, chuck, inch.
• Set 6, th ng words: thick, thin, moth, bath, ring, king, wing, sing, long, gong, hang, bang.
• Set 7, review: ship, duck, moth, bell, chop, ring, kiss, shell, buzz, chick, puff, sock.

In Sets 1 to 6 each Trace and Blend page works on one spelling and the writing pages mix the set's words; in Set 7 every page is mixed. The order follows the sequences of InitiaLit and Letters and Sounds: ck and the doubled letters first, then sh, ch, th and ng.

Four activities, one set of words

The same words are repeated across the four activities, which run from most to least supported, so you can use them in order or pick the one that suits each student or group. There is no expectation that students complete every page.

• Trace and Blend (supported decoding and handwriting): look at the letters, say each sound, blend to read the word, trace the letters, then unfold to check the picture. The picture column sits behind a dotted fold line so students read before they see it.
• Trace and Write (supported spelling): name the picture, say each sound, then write the letters from left to right, tracing the two that make one sound. Blend the sounds to read the word back.
• Say and Write (independent spelling): name the picture, say each sound and write the letter or letters for each sound. Blend the sounds to read the word back.
• Read and Draw (picture-free decoding and comprehension): read the word with no picture to help, trace it, then draw what it means. Two words per page.

What's included

Fourteen print-ready A4 PDFs for your handwriting edition (a Colour and a Black and White file for each of the seven sets, 105 pages in all), 15 pages each: cover, one-page teacher guide with references and a page-to-spelling map, three Trace and Blend pages, three Trace and Write pages, three Say and Write pages, three Read and Draw pages and a back page.

Handwriting editions: NSW and ACT, QLD, SA, TAS and VIC (the Victorian edition includes both VIC Print and VIC Modern Cursive).

Every set in this bundle (click a set to see its pages): ck words, ll words, ss ff zz words, sh words, ch words, th ng words, review

Made for purposeful practice

Grounded in the science of reading and systematic synthetic phonics, these worksheets bring decoding, segmenting, spelling, handwriting and reading for meaning together around one predictable set of words. A digraph is one grapheme for one phoneme, so it sits in one sound box and is said as one sound, in line with the NSW syllabus and current phonics guidance. In Trace and Blend, students read the letters and blend before they look at the picture; the picture confirms the word rather than giving it away. These pages are supplementary practice to sit alongside your explicit phonics program, not a program in themselves.

Perfect for explicit teaching, small-group instruction, literacy rotations, fast finishers and targeted revision.

Best suited to: Kindergarten in NSW (Early Stage 1), once single letter-sounds and CVC words are secure. Elsewhere, including the ACT, the Australian Curriculum v9.0 introduces digraphs in Year 1, so these sets suit Foundation students who are ready to extend and Year 1 students for practice, revision and intervention.

Curriculum links: NSW English K–2 Syllabus, Early Stage 1: ENE-PHOKW-01 (decode and blend words containing consonant digraphs; segment and encode CVC words containing consonant digraphs), ENE-PHOAW-01 (phonological awareness), ENE-SPELL-01 (spelling) and ENE-HANDW-01 (handwriting). Australian Curriculum v9.0 English: Year 1 AC9E1LY11 (use digraphs to write words and blend them to read); Foundation AC9EFLY08 (letter formation), AC9EFLY10 (blend and segment phonemes), AC9EFLY11 (letters and their most common sounds) and AC9EFLY13 (use letters and sounds to spell words).

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