Think: The /ŋ/ Sound when N is followed by K

  /ŋ/ is a funny sound, with our tongue lifted in the back of the mouth and air going out through the nose.  We were familiar with the sound in "ng," and this week we focused on its spelled in words that end with -nk, such as "think," "drank," and "skunk."

This silly song will help you review the -nk sound with a variety of vowels!

Game to Practice -nk words

Click here to unjumble these -nk word sentences.

Click here to practice spelling -nk words with this "hangman" style game.

Online Decodable Text

Frank the Fish Gets His Wish has a few "nk" words to practice, as well as a solid digraph review! Click here to read:

NG Digraph

 This handy digraph is found at the end of words (or at the end of a syllable, when we get into more complex words). The students were already mostly familiar with its application in -ing words, and have been working on pairing -ng with other vowels, too.  The trickiest one for us to spell is -ang, like in "hang," where the a sounds more nasal and becomes almost a long a sound.

Check out these videos to review the -ng digraph and practice reading -ng words:

At Home Review

Practice the -NG digraph, including word ladders we have practiced in class, using this video by ELL With Ms. Darla.  You can use a whiteboard, or just a pencil and paper! 

Games to Practice the -NG Digraph

This bowling game has you read the sentence and choose the best fitting -ng word to complete it. Click here to play!

In this fun game you must unscramble the letters to correctly spell the -ng word that matches the picture. Click here to play!

Decodable Text

"The King of Spring" is full of -ng digraph words, as well as some rich and less common words to build our vocabularies. Click here to read it online.

Heart Words to Review

should, could, would (remember: O-U-Lucky Ducky!), walk, talk, or, for, they, their