Virginia SOL K.FFR.3.G
The Standard
Decode (read) and encode (spell) words with short vowels, including words beginning or ending in a digraph (e.g., ch, sh, th, wh)
Virginia Standards of Learning for English · Phonics and Word Analysis: The student will apply phonetic principles to read and spell words
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students blend consonant digraphs with short vowel sounds to read simple words. They break spoken words into sounds and write the matching letters, treating each digraph as one sound.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students read unfamiliar words such as chat, fish, thin, and when by blending the sounds. They spell similar words by recording one letter pair for each digraph.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may pronounce each letter in a digraph separately, such as /s/ /h/ for sh. They may confuse ch, sh, th, and wh or choose the wrong vowel when spelling.
How to Assess It
- Give students the words ship, chat, thin, and rush. Ask them to read each word, then cover it and spell it aloud or in writing.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Have students push counters into sound boxes for ship, chat, thin, and rush, then replace each counter with the correct letter or digraph.
Ask, “How are shop and hop alike and different?” Students explain the sounds, then write both words.
Play digraph bingo using picture cards for fish, chin, whip, bath, shell, and moth, with students reading each covered word aloud.
Create a pretend grocery list with short-vowel items such as fish, chips, ham, and shell pasta, then read the list together.
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