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CK Digraph Sound: Stop and Blend Worksheet
Say /k/ once at each dot, blend it into a sound you can hold, then read back, duck, sock and rock.
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CK Digraph Sound: Stop and Blend
7 questions, one page, US Letter. Print it and do it on paper.
On the sheet: Put your finger on the dot to say the sound. These sounds stop — try not to add an “uh” or an “a” after it. Say each sound crisply, then blend it with a sound you can hold. Check the box when the line is done 3 times.
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About this worksheet
ck is two letters and one /k/ sound, and it comes at the end of a short word, as in duck. It's a stop sound: it comes out in one quick burst and can't be stretched. Held, it turns into a sound with "uh" on the end, and that "uh" is what keeps sounds from blending into a word.
An arrow under a letter is a sound to hold for as long as the arrow runs; a dot is a sound to say once and stop. The page starts with /k/ on its own, joins it to sounds from earlier days, and ends on real words: back, duck, sock and rock. It's day 29 of the 100-day kindergarten phonics sequence BrightPage prints, with one new sound a day after the first.
A worked example
Read duck on the last line.
- Find duck on the last line and put a finger at the first mark under it.
- Touch the dot and say /d/ once, quick, straight into the next sound.
- Slide along the arrow, holding /u/ (as in up) without a break.
- Touch the last dot and say /k/, crisp, then stop.
- Say it again at talking speed: duck.
Answer: duck
The common mistake
What it looks like: Saying /k/ twice, once for c and once for k: "duk-k".
Why it happens: Both letters say /k/ on their own, so it looks like two sounds.
How to fix it: Tap the pair once. c and k together are one /k/, which is why they share one dot. Back, duck, sock and rock all end the same way.
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