Starts With CH Reading Comprehension Worksheet

The letters c and h stop being two separate sounds the moment they stand side by side, and hearing that new /ch/ sound is a real turning point for young readers. This Starts With CH Reading Comprehension Worksheet puts the digraph inside a story instead of on a flash card, so second graders meet it the way they will meet it in a book. Students read about two friends named Chase and Sophie who pick cherries on a chilly morning, then answer questions about what the children did and why. Words such as chilly, cherries, chart, chore, chose, cheered, chick, chuckled, chunks of cheese, checked, chalk and chores all appear naturally in the text, which gives readers a reason to notice the sound while they are reading for meaning.

This 2nd grade beginning digraph worksheet is ready to print and use. Page one holds a full-color orchard scene and a 173-word narrative passage written at a second-grade reading level. Page two carries a Name and Date line, four multiple-choice questions, and one written response that asks students to give two details from the text. Page three is the answer key. Read the story together as a class, in a small group, or on a student’s own, then send readers back into the passage to hunt for the evidence behind each answer. Because every question can be answered from the text, students practice rereading with a purpose rather than guessing.

What’s Included

• 1 print-ready PDF worksheet
• Answer key
• 1 original 173-word story about two friends picking cherries on a farm
• 4 multiple-choice comprehension questions
• 1 written-response question with room for two pieces of text evidence

There are three reasons this Starts With CH Reading Comprehension Worksheet helps children learn. First, it puts the digraph in context, so students connect the two letters, the single sound they make together, and words they already use every day. Second, the questions climb from simple recall to a reason question, which builds the kind of thinking a second grader needs for reading tests. Third, the written response asks for two details from the story, so children learn to support an answer instead of simply stating one.

Teachers and parents can stretch this activity in easy ways. Ask students to start a ch list and add a word to it each day for a week. Take a walk around the room or the yard and name everything that begins with ch. Have children draw the part of the story they liked best and label it with a ch word from the passage. Reading buddies can reread the story aloud for fluency, or act out the orchard scene while the rest of the group listens for the ch sound.

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