Hear it, mark it, write it
Say "chin," "shin," "thin" slowly and have kids touch their lips for each start. Is your tongue between your teeth? That's /th/! Then they circle the matching digraph on the page. Feeling the sound in your mouth makes ch, sh and th much easier to tell apart.
Why it works: teaching letter sounds directly and in order is one of the best-supported findings in reading research (National Reading Panel, 2000).
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