State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that they will stack, knock, and stick stickers on blocks and will read and write words ending with ck, such as block, stick, stack, knock, stuck, brick, flick, and pick.

Literacy Activities
Read texts with support

• Have the children read words that end in ck (e.g., block, stick, stack, knock, stuck, brick, flick, and pick); support as needed.
• Read the Will the Sticker Stick? target text (see below); support as needed.
• Have the children write words that end in ck from dictation.
• Repeat with Knock on Blocks (see below) (for the word knock, cover the initial k to show that it is silent).

Pick, stack, and knock blocks

• Write the words block, stack, knock, and stick on the board.
• Explain that ck makes the /k/ sound.
• Have the children stick -ck words on blocks and read them as they pick, stack, and knock blocks.
• Make comments such as, “Pick, stack, and knock on blocks.”

Stick stickers on a brick, rock, and stick

• Take the children outside (optional), and let them try to stick a sticker on a brick, rock, or stick.
• Say, “Stick the sticker on the brick/rock/stick. Will it stick?”
• Make comments such as, “Stick the sticker on the brick” and “The sticker is stuck to the rock.”

Identify, blend, and manipulate sounds

• Tape word-building cards (see below) on the blocks.
• Place the blocks in a row with a space between each block.
• Let the children touch each block, say the sound, and push the blocks together to make a word (e.g., p + i + ck = pick).
• With word-building cards (see below), have the children:
  • Change the beginning consonant(s): sack→ stack, pack→ sack, knock→ block, pick→ stick
  • Change the vowel: stick→ stack, sack→ sick, pack→ pick, block→ black, luck→ lick