sh, ch, j, and y sounds

Sh, Ch, J, and Y Sounds

Pronunciation: Sh, Ch, J, and Y Sounds

Minimal Pairs

shoe

chew

jew

major

mayor

etch

edge

she

chi

gee

watching

washing

witch

wish

shear

chear

jeer

year

etcher

catch

cash

ship

chip

yip

bridges

britches

leash

leech

shin

chin

gin

lashing

latches

badge

batch

shell

gel

yell

ageless

h-less

much

mush

Challenging Words

jail

chest

stranger

exchange

share

shrew

shrinking

voyager

yawn

jinks

fragile

jealousy

child

chicken

Yankee

January

sheaf

kitchen

genealogy

childishness

chief

midget

shadowy

ingeuity

yeast

yearly

Jill

yen

In Phrases

cash register

a jet engine

which is which?

Generation X

Cajun chicken

year of the jackal

wishy-washy

a jazz musician

the Challenger tragedy

wedge issues

yellow jacket

tragedy

New Jersey shore

place your wager

pickled jellyfish

Dialog

Oral Reading

Jerry and Sherry were very fond of cherry jelly. Every year in July, they would jump in their jeep and head for the orchard, where they would pick a few bushels of the fruit in a jiffy. Then they would carry their cherished treasure to Sherry’s house, where they would proceed to change the berries into their favorite treat. They used and old-fashioned recipe, which called for sugar, gelatin, and of course, jillions of cherries. They stirred the mixture in a huge aluminum pot, then gently poured it into shallow jars. They shared a few samples with the children, but the majority of the batch would be saved until January or February when they could enjoy it even more.

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