TH Picture Circle Worksheet

Hearing a consonant digraph is the first step to spelling one, and this th picture circle worksheet gives first graders six chances to practice it. The letters t and h stop being two separate sounds and start working as one: the /th/ at the front of thumb and the quiet /th/ at the end of math. Children say each picture name out loud, listen for that single sound, and circle the pictures that carry it. Because the pictures are not labeled, the answer has to come from the ear rather than from spotting two letters on the page.

The page has two short parts. In the first part, students name six pictures — a moth, a sun, a feather, a tooth, a sock and a drum — and circle the three whose names hold the th sound. In the second part they read three sentences with a missing word and circle the word that belongs in the blank. Every choice in that section contains th, so children have to read the whole word and think about meaning instead of hunting for the digraph. Print it, hand it out, and let students say the picture names to a partner before they pick up a pencil.

What’s Included

• One printable first grade consonant digraph worksheet, ready to photocopy
• Six unlabeled picture items for listening, naming and circling
• Three sentence items, each with two th word choices
• A complete answer key on the final page

Three Reasons This Helps Kids

• Saying the picture names aloud ties the sound to the spelling, which is exactly what reading a digraph asks a child to do.
• The sentence items carry the skill out of single words and into real reading, so students practice decoding and meaning at the same time.
• Short, uncluttered pages keep first graders working instead of scanning, and the answer key lets them check their own thinking.

Ideas for Teachers and Parents

Use the th picture circle worksheet as a warm up before a small group phonics lesson, or as a quick check the day after you teach the digraph. Ask students to add one more th word of their own on the back of the page. At home, walk through the house hunting for th objects — a bath, a cloth, a thermometer — and write the list together. The page also works well as morning work, as an early finisher activity, or in a literacy center where partners take turns naming the pictures and explaining their choices.

Related Resources

• CH, SH, TH Beginning Sounds Worksheet
• Consonant Digraphs CH SH TH WH Activity
• Beginning Digraphs Fill in the Blank Worksheet
• 44 Sounds of the English Language Video Lesson