Grade 4 Phonics, Decoding & Spelling Patterns: CH as /k/
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Teaching CH as /k/
What it is
In a group of words that came into English from Greek, ch says /k/: school, chorus, echo, monarch, scheme, chaos, stomach. The same two letters still say /ch/ in most words and /sh/ in a few from French, such as machine and chef.
When a child is ready
Teach it once ch as /ch/ is automatic and the child is reading longer words from science and history.
If they struggle
Have the child try /ch/ first and switch to /k/ when the result is not a word they know. Most of the /k/ words cluster in music, science, and history, so naming that gives the child somewhere to expect them instead of testing every ch word twice: chorus, orchestra, chemistry, chronic, monarch.
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