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Decodable — Jack the Buck

Ck digraphs decodable jack the buck reading universe

Use this decodable text to give students practice reading closed-syllable words with the digraph 'ck'. For example, in the word buck, the two letters 'c' and 'k' form one grapheme that represents the /k/ sound. To skillfully read this text, students should already know how to read closed-syllable words with all vowel sounds.

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