State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that they will chip and chop different things while they practice saying the /ch/ sound in words that start with the letters ch, such as chop, chip, cheese, and chunk.

Literacy Activities
Chop and chip chunks

• Write the letters ch on the board and explain that the letters c and h spelled together make the /ch/ sound.
• Tell the children that they can hear the /ch/ sound in chop, chunks, and chip.
• Show the children items that begin with /ch/ (e.g., chips, chunk of cheese, chocolate, Cheerios).
• Explain that chop means to cut something into chunks or pieces and chip means to cut off small pieces called chips.
• Demonstrate how to chop a piece off of a chunk of cheese (or playdough) and how to chip off small pieces from the chocolate bar (or a piece of cardstock colored like a chocolate bar, already cut into little "chips") using a plastic knife.
• Let the children take turns chipping and chopping real or pretend items that begin with the /ch/ sound.
• Make a list of words said in the activity that begin with /ch/ (e.g., chip, chop, chunks, cheese, chocolate, Cheerio).
• Have the children circle the letters ch in each word and have them produce the /ch/ sound each time they circle the letters.

More Practice
Play “Choose Ch” (Go Fish for ch words)

• Have the children circle the letters ch in the words on each picture card and emphasize that the letters c and h spelled together make the /ch/ sound.
• Demonstrate how children can use picture cards to find words that begin with ch.
  • Shuffle the picture cards and help the children pass out the cards, distributing them equally between four players.
  • Show the children how to hold the cards so friends can’t see (place them in one hand with the cards facing away from others).
  • Have the children lay down any pairs of cards they have in their hand.
  • Let the children take turns picking a card from another player to make pairs (lay pairs face up on the floor), or let them skip a turn if a pair is not possible.
• Explain that the first child to lay down all of their matches and get rid of all of their cards is the winner and says, “Cheer for /ch/!”

Identify, blend, and manipulate sounds

• With word blending cards, have the children make new words by changing the vowel or either of the consonants:
  • chip → chin → chick
  • chip → chop; chomp → chimp

Write words with the target letter

• Let the children write chip and chop on a piece of paper, then allow them to pretend to chop the words with a plastic knife.