ack III by Coss H II . 0 onder ustroted by R"rc k Brown f1I • , CHOLAST , I This is Jack and his black dog Mack. Jack has a knack for forgetting things. 2 Mack has a knack for bringing them back. .......". When Jack hit the ball with a WHACK ... 4 . Mack brought it back. \.. . B Il ,q I~ r '. When Jack left his books in a stack ... ~--.. Mack brought them back. • ... ,. When Jack left his backpack beside the track ... 8 .,. 'r - ) ? 'iii .t': , Mack brought it back. •.•.....•. - ~- . I When Jack left his bike in the rack ... 1('10 Mack brought it back. . ~. But when Jack dropped his snack sack ... ,...•• If\. Mack did NOT bring it back! ack Listen to the riddle sentences. Add the right letter or letters to the -ack sound to finish each one. J.., The opposite of front is ~ ack. The books on my desk are piled in a The plate was so old, it had a ~ Watch out for the lion! He might §. My pen is not blue. It is "-f('14 ack. ack. ack. ack. e When I come home from school, I eat a ack. '] To go on vacation, first we need to ack. 8 The train on the track goes clickety- ack. The race cars drive fast around the ack. ~o The ducks at the pond don't meow, they __ ack. Now make up some new riddle sentences using - ack ack Give a great holler, a cheer, a yell For all of the words that we can spell With an A, C, and K that make the sound -ack, You'll find it in Mack and pack and snack. Three little letters, that's all that we need To make a whole family of words to read. Make a list of other -ack words. Then use them in the cheer! Here are some quick and fun ways to use this story to help children learn the word family -ack. Explain to children that you are going to read a story that has many words with the -ack sound, made by the letters A, C, and K. All these words belong to a group called a word family. Ask children to find the -ack word ending at the top of the fr