Backpack Race

Objective

Read and write words ending with the -ck digraph.

Target Words:

Materials:

Black Backpack – 1 for each team
Box – 1 for each team
–ck items (e.g., snacks, tracks, rocks, socks); if unavailable, pictures of –ck items (see below) – 1 set for each team

State and model the objective

Tell the children that they will race to a black backpack and read and write words ending in -ck.

Practice the skill with an activity

Black backpack

Write the words black, back, and pack on the board, point out the -ck ending, and explain that when c and k are written together they make the /k/ sound.
Split the children into an even number of teams.
In a relay race type of activity, have the children pick -ck items out of a box of assorted items.
The child will say the name of the item, then run and put it into a black backpack before going back and tagging the next child in line.
The next child in line will repeat the actions of the previous child, picking a new -ck word from the box.
Repeat steps until all -ck items are in the backpacks.

Apply the skill

Read target words in a text

Pull each –ck item from the black backpack and write its name for the children to see.
Read the name of each item together with the children.
Emphasize the –ck ending of each word and the /k/ sound that it makes.

Write about the activity using target words

Have the children write the list of –ck items on their paper and underline the –ck ending in each word.
Invite the children to use the -ck words to fill the prompt, "I found ____ in the black backpack."
Have the children write the sentence using another child's name and what that child pulled out of the backpack.
Repeat with one more child's name and another -ck word.

Objective
Read and write words ending in -ck.

Materials

Activity: Pack the Backpack

With your child, look around your house for things that end in -ck (i.e., sack, rock, clock, duck, truck, stick) and pack them in a backpack.
When the backpack is full, take turns pulling an item out of the backpack, identifying it, and writing the word on a piece of paper with a black crayon or marker (support as needed).
Point out that the two letters c and k make the /k/ sound when they are together.
Use the list you made as a checklist and check off the words as you repack the items into the backpack.
Have fun being silly by trying to walk backwards or like a duck as you take the items back and put them away.

SEEL lessons align with Common Core Standards. Please see the standards page for the code(s) associated with this lesson.

http://education.byu.edu/seel/library/