Ack As in Snack (Word Families Set 6) 1591972612

snackPam Scheunemann-ackas in

-ack as insnackPam ScheunemannConsulting Editor Monica Marx, M.A./Reading Specialist

Published by SandCastle™, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company, 4940 Viking Drive,Edina, Minnesota ght © 2003 by Abdo Consulting Group, Inc. International copyrights reserved in allcountries. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permissionfrom the publisher. SandCastle™is a trademark and logo of ABDO Publishing d in the United sEdited by: Pam PriceCurriculum Coordinator: Nancy TuminellyCover and Interior Design and Production: Mighty MediaPhoto Credits: Brand X Pictures, Corbis Images, Digital Vision, Eyewire Images, Hemera,PhotoDisc, StockbyteLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataScheunemann, Pam, 1955--Ack as in snack / Pam Scheunemann.p. cm. -- (Word families. Set VI)Summary: Introduces, in brief text and illustrations, the use of the letter combination

“ack” in such words as “snack,” “track,” “lack,” and “quack.”ISBN 1-59197-261-21. Readers (Primary) [1. Vocabulary. 2. Reading.] I. 1119 .S434 2003428.1--dc2SandCastle™books are created by a professional team of educators, reading specialists, andcontent developers around five essential components that include phonemic awareness,phonics, vocabulary, text comprehension, and fluency. All books are written, reviewed, andleveled for guided reading, early intervention reading, and Accelerated Reader®programsand designed for use in shared, guided, and independent reading and writing activities tosupport a balanced approach to literacy instruction.

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-ack Wordsbacksackstackblacksnacktrack3

Ray has his backto theshore.4

Spot is blackandwhite.5

Bill wants to win thesackrace.6

Rita eats an apple fora snack.7

Shawn likes to stackthe blocks.8

Jake runs fast on thetrack.9

The SackOut Back10

Eve is a girlwho wears

all black.11

One day out back,she found a sack.12

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Out of the sackcame a coat rack.14

Then out of the sackcame a jack.15

Eve almost

had an attackwhen she

saw a track

come out

of the sack!16

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Now there

was a rack,

a jack,

and a railroad track!Next came a duck,

who said quack!18

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Then Eve saw

blocks in a stack.20

Seeing allthat stuffcome out

of the sack

made Eve

so hungryshe had

a snack.21

The -ack Word Familyattackbackblackjacklackpackquackracksackshackslacksnackstacktacktrackwhack22

GlossarySome of the words in this list may have morethan one meaning. The meaning listed herereflects the way the word is used in the ackstacktracka bag made of paper

a small amount of foodeaten between mealsa pile of things placed oneon top of the other; to putthings in a pilean oval path that cars,horses, or people racearound; a set of rails fortrains to run on

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