Repair Lab

The Repair Lab worksheet challenges students to become word “fixers” by correcting words that contain the wrong beginning digraph. Learners analyze each incorrect word, determine which digraph makes the word real and correctly spelled (for example, chale → whale), and rewrite it accurately. This hands-on editing task strengthens phoneme-grapheme correspondence and builds confidence with common beginning digraphs through focused correction practice.

Key Learning Objectives

• Skill Focus: Correcting incorrect beginning digraphs (ch, sh, wh)
• Phonics Accuracy: Strengthening sound-spelling mapping and digraph recognition
• Grade-Level Alignment: Appropriate for Grades 1, 2, and 3
• Editing Skills: Identifying and repairing spelling errors in words
• Encoding Practice: Writing corrected words to reinforce spelling fluency

Teacher & Parent Features

• Reinforces careful word analysis and attention to spelling patterns
• Builds confidence editing and correcting phonics-based errors
• Supports decoding and encoding through meaningful revision tasks
• Encourages students to think about why a spelling is incorrect
• Works well for independent practice, small groups, or phonics intervention

The Repair Lab worksheet helps students move beyond recognition to correction, deepening their understanding of beginning digraphs while strengthening spelling accuracy and early editing skills.

This worksheet is part of our Beginning Digraphs Worksheets collection.