Digraph Detectives Worksheets for 1st Grade

What your child practices

Digraph Detectives is a core 1st grade language arts skill (Grade 1 in Canada), and this set gives your child 59 questions over 6 worksheets. Young learners pick up language rules by seeing many short examples, so each page keeps the directions simple and the examples close to everyday speech. It opens with a guided Learn and Practice page, moves on to a practice sheet and a review test, then finishes with two quick quizzes and a mixed review. Each sheet supports Common Core RF.1.3a, covering phonics and decoding words. In Canada it matches the BC curriculum for Grade 1. Every PDF prints on US letter paper, with the answer key on page 2 for quick checking. New to the idea? Watch the Digraph Detectives video lesson, then print a sheet while it is fresh.

Tips for parents

• Read each direction aloud. At this age the skill matters more than reading the instructions.
• Turn a mistake into a mini lesson: fix it together and write one new example.
• Have your child find one example of Digraph Detectives in a book you are already reading together.