on the dock

State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that they will pretend to eat snacks on a dock and read and write words ending with –ck, such as snack, sack, dock, rock, stick, and quick.

Literacy Activities
Rocks, sticks, and snacks on the dock

• Write the words dock, rock and stick on the board, point out the -ck, and explain that c and k written together make the /k/ sound. 
• Lay a large towel on the floor as a pretend dock and put rocks, sticks, and sunblock on it (use real objects or graphics below).
• Invite the children sit on the "dock" and toss rocks and sticks into pretend water.
• Say, “Quick! Get the sunblock!” and have the children to pretend to put on sunblock.
• Have the children pack real or pretend snacks in a paper sack.
• Let the children sit on the "dock" and eat the snacks from the sack.
• Help the children label the graphics dock, rock, stick, sunblock, and snack, and underline the -ck at the end of each word.

Words in a sack

• Label three paper sacks –ick, –ack, and –ock.
• Have the children take turns reading a word card then have them put the card in the sack with the matching word ending.
• Give the children paper sacks and index cards or small pieces of paper.
• Let the children use a -ck wordlist to write words like snack, sack, dock, rock, stick, and quick on index cards or paper and put them in their sacks.
• Ask the children to trade sacks then have them sit on the pretend dock and read the words on the cards in the sack to a partner.

More Practice
Read target words in a text

• Read the On the Dock target text to the children. 
• Engage the children in reading the text simultaneously with you.
• Read the text together again fading support. 
• Have the children list the words from the text spelled with -ck.

Write about the activity using target words/patterns

• Have the children use the -ck wordlist they created and help them write a sentence or two expressing ideas from the lesson (e.g., I like to eat my snack on the dock).