Your class won't say ICK when they see this learning exercise that focuses on -ick words! Learners read a short and silly poem containing many -ick words. They then practice reading comprehension and handwriting by tracing the answers to the three questions.

Concepts

-ick words, rhyming, rhyming words, reading comprehension, phonics, spelling patterns, spelling

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Read the poem out loud as a class or in small groups so that individuals can hear all of the -ick words
• Use this as a homework assignment or warm-up
• Read the poem and work on the questions in a teacher-led station

Classroom Considerations

• In an effort to include as many -ick words as possible in the poem, the creators of this resource composed a kind of odd final stanza; however, it does introduce a couple more -ick words

Pros

• Tracing lines are provided to support young learners as they start with writing and reading comprehension
• The short poem includes many -ick words for kids to practice with

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.1.1 RI.1.1 RF.1.4.a