-k, -ck, or –ke a the end of a word?
Use –ck if you hear the /k/ sound right after a short vowel. Examples: back peck sick sock tuck
Use –ke to make the vowel long Examples: make pike poke duke
Use –k when you hear words with –ook, or other welded sounds like Examples: book cook
Let’s read some!
back
pack
quack
rack
sack
tack
black
crack
bake
cake
fake
lake
make
quake
rake
take
wake
brake
flake
shake
snake
kick
lick
pick
quick
sick
brick
chick
click
slick
stick
bike
hike
spike
strike
dock
knock
lock
rock
sock
block
clock
shock
stock
joke
poke
woke
broke
choke
smoke
spoke
book
cook
hook
shook
look
took
duck
luck
suck
tuck
pluck
stuck
struck
truck
High Frequency Words our
your
because
over
away