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Through identifying a written letter and knowing the sound of each letter, children will be able to combine letters into other sounds and syllables, which will help them decode words.

Learn more about the  phonics ‘NK’ sound  here or download the comprehensive  worksheet  pack to utilize within the classroom or home environment.

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  • Phonics derives from the  Greek  word “phono”, which means sound or voice. Therefore, phonics is teaching students about the relationship between the sound of a letter (also known as a phoneme), and the letter or groups of letters of a written language that represent it (these are called graphemes).
  • Phonics can be taught by learning individual sounds and their corresponding letters, or by learning the sounds of groups of letters.
  • Learning groups of letters involves rimes (which are vowel and consonant pairs like “at” or “ed”), and consonant clusters, which are pairs of consonants like “bl” or “sh”.
  • Once these groups are established, syllables or groups of groups can be taught to blend, such as ch + op = chop

Phonics ‘NK’ Sound Worksheets

This  phonics pack  forms part of a larger series on the English language and encompasses the Roman alphabet  letters NK . When using this  worksheet pack , students will be able to match the sounds with individual letters or groups of letters.

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  • Phonic NK find the words
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CVCC: nt, nk, nd

Worksheets focusing on CVCC ending sounds ‘nt’, nk’ and ‘nd’. Students will trace the words then slowly spell out the words in this set of worksheets. Designed for preschoolers and kindergartners.

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Consonant – Vowel – Consonant – Consonant was designed to slowly introduce young learners to blending. The words are relatively easy due to only using single sounds and applying a one, two, three (combining the last two sounds) step motion which is easy to learn. I recommend before CVCC, you should do the following:

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The “nk” sound at the end of words can be challenging for some readers. But these nk clip cards are a fun way to practice reading nk words.

Trying saying the sounds for “n” and “k” together. Not the easiest sound to say. And if it isn’t easy to say, that makes it even harder for our little ones to read.

words and pictures that end in nk sound

That means, we have to give our little readers extra practice with this fun ending blend. And that is what these “nk” ending blend clip cards are designed to do.

-nk Words Activity

Clip cards require a little bit of cutting, but I love how they can be used over and over again.

  • First, print them off on cardstock paper. I’ve found if I use regular paper, the cards get ripped and messed up easily. And this is especially true if you have a child that needs to develop better fine motor skills. They are trying so hard to get the clip on, that the paper gets a little mangled in the process.
  • Next, cut them out.
  • Finally, gather up some clothes pins and you are ready to go.

Now it is time to practice saying and reading words that end with “nk”!

But before we jump in, you may want to warn your child or one irrugulartiy with these “nk” words.

Write out the words bank, sank, tank, thank, and drank on a piece of paper or white board. Read them out loud to your little one and ask them if they notice anything about the vowel sound. Hopefully, they notice that the “a” is making a “long a” sound.

Then write out words like….

  • think and sink
  • honk and monk
  • dunk and junk

Once again, read the words and ask them what they notice with the vowel sound. Did they see that the “i”, “o”, and “u” all make the short sound next to the “nk”.

Once that quick lesson is taught. Let you little ones read the words on the clip cards and place a clothes pin underneath the picture that matches the word.

And just like that, your little ones get some great practice reading “nk” ending blend words.

I hope you enjoy this free clip card activity to practice the NK sound. There’s a lot you can do with it, even rhyming!

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Spelling & Phonics Worksheet - ŋk sound spelled NK

Spelling & Phonics Worksheet - ŋk sound spelled NK

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Age range: 5-7

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This is a four-sided spelling worksheet for the ‘ŋk’ sound spelled ‘NK’ as in ‘BANK’, as required in the Key Stage 1, Year 1 National Curriculum for English. The worksheet contains 17 activities of increasing difficulty. This also allows you to target particular skills for individual students and provide differentiated learning opportunities.

Activities:

Page 1 - trace and copy the sound, the example word, and an example sentence; word identification colouring. Page 2 - unscramble example words; find rhyme words; picture/word matching. Page 3 - find the correct spellings; gap-fill; sentence writing. Page 4 - revise example words and similar sounding sounds; story/ poem writing.

A full answer key and both U.K. and U.S. spelling versions are provided. This product is a zip file containing pdfs. You will need zip extraction software, a pdf reader, and a printer.

This pack accompanies (but doesn’t require!) the KS1 Year 1 English Flashcard Pack .

This worksheet is part of the Key Stage 1 Year 1 English Spelling & Phonics Worksheets (Pack of 59) .

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