PRIMARY SPELLING & PHONICS • GRADE 2–3 PHONICS • DIGRAPHS • 12 -CK SPELLING WORDS STUDENT WORKSHEET • PAGE 1 OF 2

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Orthographic Mastery • 12 Target Monosyllables in -ck

Wheeler presents 12 essential monosyllables ending in -ck, reinforcing the cardinal rule that /k/ after a short vowel is spelled with the digraph ck:

pack, track, black

flock, shock, lock

brick, trick, stick

duck, truck, struck

12 Target Words Penmanship Track • 26px Standard Track

Copy the 12 words neatly, grouping them by vowel family:

pack • track • black flock • shock • lock

brick • trick • stick duck • truck • struck

Wheeler's 4-Word Application • Sentence Studio

Wheeler's Directive: “Write four original sentences, each containing one of the target words.”

1. [flock]: A large flock of wild geese flew south for winter.

2. [struck]: The village clock struck twelve in the quiet night.

3. [track]: The boy followed the deer's track through the fresh snow.

4. [brick]: The mason built a sturdy brick wall around the orchard.

Consonant Blend Analysis

Identify the initial blend in each word: track, black, flock, brick, struck:

tr- (track) • bl- (black) • fl- (flock) • br- (brick) • str- (struck)

Wheeler's Orthoepic Rules • Terminal CK & Blends

1. 1. Digraph CK Stability: The combination -ck provides a stable terminal spelling for the /k/ sound following any of the five short vowels (ă, ĕ, ĭ, ŏ, ŭ).

2. 2. Initial Consonant Blends: Notice how blends of two consonants (bl-, fl-, tr-, br-) and three consonants (str- in struck) precede the short vowel without altering its quality.

3. 3. Irregular Strong Verb: Struck: struck is the irregular past tense of strike (ablaut mutation: strike → struck), adopting the short ŭ + -ck pattern.