Spelling with /ch/ sound

The spelling words for this week use the /ch/ sound.  Normally "ch" by itself has three sounds, we can isolate this sound this week but even the students have learned that "ch" can say /ch/, /k/, and /sh/ as in the words much, school, and chef respectively. This weeks' list shows two different ways to spell the /ch/ sound, the first is of course "ch," the second is a common spelling found in the "tch" spelling.  The t sneaks itself into the sound, and we say /ch/ as in the word catch.  This makes it fun, and yes, you might have to do some extra practicing to know when to use ch and when to use tch. The one thing that might help is that the "tch" is usually the ch sound found at the end of a word, but be careful words like bench and crunch do not use the "tch."

Here are the words (Sorry for the delay):  Don't forget I have the spelling words also posted at SpellingCity.com.
Our Planner:

chick much pitch teacher chum lunch ditch cheek hatch cheese

bench chunk stretch watching crunching weak green seal catcher sandwich