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Unit 2A: OG Digraphs — Lessons 41–55

Each script has eight story panels plus a ninth practice/review panel, continuing the series’ format. The target phonogram and sound are introduced in context; the final panel gives an oral or reading activity. A grown-up can read any connecting words that are not yet decodable.

 

Harper and Quinn’s Adventures

Unit 2A: Digraphs — Lessons 41–55

Each script has eight story panels plus a ninth practice/review panel, continuing the series’ format. The target phonogram and sound are introduced in context; the final panel gives an oral or reading activity. A grown-up can read any connecting words that are not yet decodable.

Lesson 41 — The Ship Shop

Target: sh /sh/ — ship, fish, wish, shop, dish

1. Harper spots a ship.
2. Quinn has a dish.
3. A fish splashes by the ship.
4. “I wish I had a fish shop!” says Harper.
5. Quinn sets the dish by the ship.
6. The fish splashes into the dish.
7. Harper and Quinn shut the shop.
8. The fish swishes its tail. Splash!
9. Sound check: Hear /sh/ at the start of ship and shop, and at the end of fish and dish. Say it: Which words have /sh/?

Lesson 42 — The Chip Chat

Target: ch /ch/ — chin, chip, much, rich, chat

1. Harper has a chip.
2. Quinn has a chip, too.
3. “That is much crunch!” says Harper.
4. Quinn taps her chin.
5. “My chin wants a chip!”
6. The sisters chat as they munch.
7. A toy rich king asks for a chip.
8. Quinn gives the king one. “What a chip!”
9. Sound check: ch spells /ch/ in chin, chip, much, rich, chat. Say it: What sound starts chat?

Lesson 43 — This, That, and Them

Target: voiced th /TH/ — the, this, that, them, then

1. Harper sees a hat.
2. Quinn says, “This is the hat.”
3. Harper points. “That is the hat!”
4. A toy hen sits on it.
5. Quinn says, “Let’s ask them to hop down.”
6. The hen hops down, then the hat tips.
7. “What next?” asks Harper.
8. Quinn says, “Then we put it back!”
9. Listen and feel: Say the, this, that, them, then. Feel your voice buzz for /TH/. Point: Which word means the hat near you—this or that?

Lesson 44 — The Thin Bath Mat

Target: voiceless th /th/ — thin, thing, thank, bath, math

1. Harper sees a thin mat.
2. Quinn asks, “What is that thing?”
3. It is a bath toy!
4. The toy slips into the bath.
5. Harper says, “Thank you for the mat!”
6. Quinn does bath-time math: one duck, two ducks.
7. The thin mat gets a tiny splash.
8. The bath toy floats like a boat.
9. Breath check: Say thin, thing, thank. Feel a puff of air for /th/. Find the sound: Which words have /th/?

Lesson 45 — Which Whip?

Target: wh /hw/ — when, whip, whiz, which

1. Harper has a toy whip for a pretend race.
2. Quinn asks, “Which toy will whiz?”
3. A wind-up bug starts to whiz.
4. “When will it stop?” asks Harper.
5. It whizzes past the toy whip.
6. Quinn points to the bug.
7. The bug stops by a dish.
8. Harper says, “That was one fast whiz!”
9. Sound check: wh begins when, whip, whiz, which. Say each word and listen for its first sound. (In some accents, wh sounds like /w/.)

Lesson 46 — The Duck and the Rock

Target: ck /k/ — back, duck, tick, lock, rock

1. A duck sits on a rock.
2. Harper hears a tick, tick.
3. Quinn looks back.
4. A toy clock has a lock.
5. The duck taps the clock.
6. Tick! The lock pops open.
7. The duck waddles back to the rock.
8. Harper and Quinn quack with it.
9. Pattern check: In back, duck, tick, lock, rock, ck spells /k/ after a short vowel. Read: Which word has u before ck?

Lesson 47 — The Long Song

Target: ng /ng/ — sing, ring, long, song, bang

1. Harper starts to sing.
2. Quinn taps a ring like a bell.
3. The song is silly and long.
4. A toy drum goes bang!
5. Harper sings louder.
6. Quinn rings the ring on the beat.
7. The song ends with a big bang.
8. The sisters bow to their stuffed toys.
9. Sound check: Listen for /ng/ at the end of sing, ring, long, song. Say it: Which word makes a bang?

Lesson 48 — The Pink Ink

Target: nk /nk/ — ink, bank, pink, sink, trunk

1. Harper has pink ink.
2. Quinn draws a trunk.
3. The trunk is for an elephant.
4. The ink tips by the sink.
5. “Quick! Get the pink rag!” says Harper.
6. Quinn wipes up the ink.
7. They put the rag in a toy bank.
8. The elephant gets a pink trunk picture.
9. Sound check: nk ends ink, pink, sink, trunk. Say it: Which word begins with /p/ and ends with /nk/?

Lesson 49 — The Phone Photo

Target: ph /f/ — phone, photo, graph, phase

1. Harper has a toy phone.
2. Quinn takes a photo of a frog.
3. The frog hops out of the photo!
4. Harper makes a graph of frog hops.
5. “One hop, two hops!”
6. Quinn asks, “What phase is the moon?”
7. Harper points to a moon picture.
8. The frog hops right onto it.
9. Sound check: In phone, photo, graph, phase, ph spells /f/. Say it: Which two words begin with /f/ spelled ph?

Lesson 50 — The Sh-Ch-Th Sort

Review: sh, ch, th

1. Harper finds a ship card.
2. Quinn finds a chin card.
3. “Put each card in its sound shop!” says Harper.
4. They sort fish and dish under sh.
5. They sort chip and chat under ch.
6. Quinn adds thin and that under th.
7. A toy fish swims through the cards.
8. The fish lands in the right sound pile!
9. Sort and say: sh—ship, fish; ch—chin, chip; th—thin, that. Challenge: Hear the first sound in ship, chip, and thin.

Lesson 51 — The Digraph Mix-Up

Review: wh, ck, ng, nk, ph

1. Harper finds a pink card.
2. Quinn finds a duck card.
3. They spot a whiz card.
4. A toy phone rings.
5. “Which card starts like whiz?” asks Quinn.
6. Harper picks whip.
7. They sort ring, sink, rock, and photo.
8. Quinn makes a silly word: “Whink!”
9. Read and sort: wh—when, whip; ck—duck, rock; ng—ring, song; nk—pink, sink; ph—phone, photo. Silly word: whink. Read it, then say it is pretend.

Lesson 52 — The Buzz at the Dress-Up Box

Targets: ff, ll, ss, zz — off, well, miss, buzz

1. Harper puts on a dress-up hat.
2. Quinn says, “The hat is off!”
3. A toy bee goes buzz.
4. Harper does not miss the bee.
5. Quinn is well; it is just a toy.
6. The bee lands on a doll.
7. Harper lifts the doll’s bell.
8. Ding! The bee buzzes along.
9. Read the double endings: off, well, miss, buzz. Listen: Which word ends in /z/?

Lesson 53 — The Flossy Word Chart

Skill: FLOSS rule practice

1. Harper writes ff on a chart.
2. Quinn adds ll.
3. “A short vowel comes first,” says Harper.
4. They add ss and zz.
5. Quinn reads off.
6. Harper reads well and miss.
7. A bee buzzes by fizz on the chart.
8. The sisters add a tiny bee sticker.
9. FLOSS rule: In many one-syllable words with a short vowel, final f, l, s, z is doubled: off, well, miss, buzz. Try: Which letter is doubled in miss?

Lesson 54 — The Digraph Reading Race

Skill: Digraph reading fluency

1. Harper holds up a word strip.
2. Quinn reads ship.
3. Harper reads chat.
4. Quinn reads thin.
5. They take turns reading the strips.
6. “Read it smooth, not rushed,” says Harper.
7. Quinn reads a whole sentence.
8. Harper gives a quiet cheer.
9. Read the words: ship, shop, fish, dish, chin, chip, chat, much, thin, bath, this, that, when, whip, back, duck, tick, sing, ring, long, ink, pink, sink, phone, photo, off, well, miss, buzz, rock. Read the sentences: “The fish is in the dish.” “That duck can sing.” “Which phone is pink?”

Lesson 55 — The Digraph Detective Test

Skill: Decode, encode, and read in context

1. Harper finds a clue card.
2. Quinn reads sh in ship.
3. Harper hears /ch/ in chip.
4. Quinn sorts thin and that.
5. They write duck with ck.
6. Harper reads ring and pink.
7. Quinn spots ph in phone.
8. “We solved the sound clues!” says Harper.
9. Show what you know: Read ship, chin, thin, when, duck, sing, pink, phone, miss, buzz. Write: fish, chat, bath, rock. Read in a sentence: “The duck is in the pink dish.” Grown-up: Ask the child to point to each digraph or double ending.