Practice digraph knowledge at the start of words with this small group bug swatting game.
🦟 Swat Those Bug Digraphs – Digraph Game
This is a fun activity that your students will love to play all while practicing their knowledge of digraphs. This resource includes the following:
- Four bugs each with a digraph – sh, wh, the, and ch
- Set of 24 game cards with pictures and words beginning with the above digraphs
- Four printable bug swats if needed
- Teacher instructions
How to Use This Digraph Game
- Laminate and cut out the game cards and four bugs. It is best to have a fly swat; however, students can just use their hands.
- Place the bugs on the floor and the game cards in a pile beside the bugs.
- Students take turns to turn over a game card. They must say the word on the card, then swat the bug that shows the corresponding digraph e.g. if the student chose the card showing the word ship, the student would need to swat the bug with the ‘sh’ digraph on it.
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Is it possible to make this resource available in Google Slides format as well? I'm wanting to use this resource without the visual support of the word and with phonetically taught patterns (I.e. we have not taught vowel teams yet so I don't want to include any words that have ai, ea, ie, etc). I
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