Reading Tips -uck
Here are some quick and fun ways to use this
story to help children learn the word family -uck.
Word Family Tales: The Day Duck's Truck Got Stuck (-uck) © Scholastic Teaching Resources
Explain to children that you are going to read a story that has many words with the -uck sound,
made by the letters U, C, and K. All these words belong to a group called a word family.
Ask children to find the -uck word ending at the top of the front cover. Review aloud with children
the sound these three letters make. Can they find three words in the title with the -uck sound?
Flip over the book and read the story summary on the back cover. Ask children to point out the
words they hear with the -uck sound. Explain that the story you are about to read includes many
more words that end in -uck. Can they help you find them?
Read aloud the story once for pleasure and enjoy the whimsical illustrations. Then reread the
book, emphasizing the -uck word ending in the appropriate words. Ask children to listen closely
and identify all the words that end in -uck (they might raise their hand or clap when they hear one,
or you might choose a volunteer to point to the word on the page). As they do so, make a list on
chart paper of all the -uck words.
No part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in
part or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or
by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording,
or otherwise, without written permission of the publisher.
For information regarding permission, write to
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Write each of the words from your list on an unlined index card. Use a different color for -uck than
the rest of the word. Read each word on the cards with children. On another reading of the story,
distribute the cards to children and have them hold up their card as their word is read.
Pages 14 –15 of the book feature 10 riddles with
answers that require a word ending in -uck. Read
each riddle aloud and have children volunteer answers.
SCHOLASTIC and WORD FAMILY TALES
and associated designs are trademarks of Scholastic Inc.
Illustrated by Rusty Fletcher.
Produced by Brown Publishing Network.
ISBN: 0-439-26264-X
Copyright © 2002 by Scholastic Inc.
All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A.
Read aloud the cheer on page 16 several times, with
lots of energy and enthusiasm. Invite children to join
you in reciting the cheer when they feel ready
(you might even choose a “cheerleader”).
Other words in
the -uck family:
buck
chuck
cluck
pluck
puck
struck
suck
yuck
awestruck
potluck
starstruck
moonstruck
This is Duck. She drives an ice-cream truck.
1
Word Family Tales: The Day Duck's Truck Got Stuck (-uck) © Scholastic Teaching Resources
Word Family Tales: The Day Duck's Truck Got Stuck (-uck) © Scholastic Teaching Resources
One day, Duck was driving her truck in the
rain. She drove right into a big mud puddle.
Now Duck’s truck was stuck in the muck!
2
Word Family Tales: The Day Duck's Truck Got Stuck (-uck) © Scholastic Teaching Resources
“Yuck!” said Duck, stepping into the muck.
“What bad luck!” Duck tried to push her truck
out of the muck. But the truck stayed stuck.
3
Word Family Tales: The Day Duck's Truck Got Stuck (-uck) © Scholastic Teaching Resources
Duck saw Porcupine walking along
the side of the road.
“Porcupine, will you help me push my truck
out of the muck?” asked Duck.
“I’d be happy to,” said Porcupine.
4
Word Family Tales: The Day Duck's Truck Got Stuck (-uck) © Scholastic Teaching Resources
Duck and Porcupine pushed and pushed.
But the truck stayed stuck. Just then,
Woodchuck came riding along on her scooter.
“Looks like you could use some help,” said Woodchuck.
5
Word Family Tales: The Day Duck's Truck Got Stuck (-uck) © Scholastic Teaching Resources
Duck, Porcupine, and Woodchuck pushed as
hard as they could. But that truck stayed stuck.
6
Word Family Tales: The Day Duck's Truck Got Stuck (-uck) © Scholastic Teaching Resources
Before long, Moose came strolling by. He
offered to help, too. Then Duck, Porcupine,
Woodchuck, and Moose pushed with all their
might. But the truck stayed stuck.
7
Word Family Tales: The Day Duck's Truck Got Stuck (-uck) © Scholastic Teaching Resources
Suddenly, a small voice said, “I can help
you get the truck out of the muck.”
It was little Chickadee. The other animals
looked at Chickadee and laughed.
8
“Chickadee, you’re so small,” said Duck.
“How could you help move this big truck?”
9
Word Family Tales: The Day Duck's Truck Got Stuck (-uck) © Scholastic Teaching Resources
Word Family Tales: The Day Duck's Truck Got Stuck (-uck) © Scholastic Teaching Resources
But Chickadee was sure he could help.
In a tiny voice, he began to sing,
“Chick-a-dee-dee-dee.”
Chickadee’s song was so cheerful that the
sun came out from behind a cloud to hear it.
10
Word Family Tales: The Day Duck's Truck Got Stuck (-uck) © Scholastic Teaching Resources
Aw, shucks!
The sun’s bright rays dried up all the mud and muck.
Finally, Duck’s truck came unstuck!
“Hooray for Chickadee!” the animals cheered.
“What good luck that you came along!”
11
Word Family Tales: The Day Duck's Truck Got Stuck (-uck) © Scholastic Teaching Resources
Duck thanked all the animals for helping her free
her truck from the muck. Then she gave ice-cream
cones to everyone.
12
And little Chickadee
got the tallest cone of all.
13
Word Family Tales: The Day Duck's Truck Got Stuck (-uck) © Scholastic Teaching Resources
-uck Word Family Riddles
Word Family Tales: The Day Duck's Truck Got Stuck (-uck) © Scholastic Teaching Resources
Listen to the riddle sentences. Add the right letter
or letters to the -uck sound to finish each one.
1
Here comes the ice-cream ___uck!
2
“Quack quack,” said the __uck.
3
I threw a penny in the fountain for good __uck.
4
She couldn’t get her foot out of her boot.
Her foot was ___uck.
5
When you play hockey you use a stick to hit
a __uck.
14
If you taste something you don’t like,
you might say “__uck!”
7
Another name for mud is __uck.
8
The chickens in the barn make the
sound ___uck.
9
The baby likes to __uck her thumb.
Word Family Tales: The Day Duck's Truck Got Stuck (-uck) © Scholastic Teaching Resources
6
10 A small animal that chews on wood is a
_______uck.
Now make up some new riddle sentences using - uck
Answers: 1. truck, 2. duck, 3. luck, 4. stuck, 5. puck, 6. yuck, 7. muck, 8. cluck, 9. suck, 10. woodchuck
15
-uck Cheer
Give a great holler, a cheer, a yell
Word Family Tales: The Day Duck's Truck Got Stuck (-uck) © Scholastic Teaching Resources
For all of the words that we can spell
With a U, C, and K that make the sound –uck,
You’ll find it in duck and luck and truck.
Three little letters, that’s all that we need
To make a whole family of words to read!
k
c
u
-
16
Make a list
of other –uck
words. Then
use them in
the cheer!
Reading Tips -uck
Here are some quick and fun ways to use this
story to help children learn the word family -uck.
Ask children to find the -uck word ending at the top of the front cover. Review aloud with children
the sound these three letters make. Can they find three words in the title with the -uck sound?
Flip over the book and read the story summary on the back cover. Ask children to point out the
words they hear with the -uck sound. Explain that the story you are about to read includes many
more words that end in -uck. Can they help you find them?
Read aloud the story once for pleasure and enjoy the whimsical illustrations. Then reread the
book, emphasizing the -uck word ending in the appropriate words. Ask children to listen closely
and identify all the words that end in -uck (they might raise their hand or clap when they hear one,
or you might choose a volunteer to point to the word on the page). As they do so, make a list on
chart paper of all the -uck words.
No part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in
part or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or
by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording,
or otherwise, without written permission of the publisher.
For information regarding permission, write to
Scholastic Inc., 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012.
Write each of the words from your list on an unlined index card. Use a different color for -uck than
the rest of the word. Read each word on the cards with children. On another reading of the story,
distribute the cards to children and have them hold up their card as their word is read.
Pages 14 –15 of the book feature 10 riddles with
answers that require a word ending in -uck. Read
each riddle aloud and have children volunteer answers.
SCHOLASTIC and WORD FAMILY TALES
and associated designs are trademarks of Scholastic Inc.
Illustrated by Rusty Fletcher.
Produced by Brown Publishing Network.
ISBN: 0-439-26264-X
Copyright © 2002 by Scholastic Inc.
All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A.
Read aloud the cheer on page 16 several times, with
lots of energy and enthusiasm. Invite children to join
you in reciting the cheer when they feel ready
(you might even choose a “cheerleader”).
Other words in
the -uck family:
buck
chuck
cluck
pluck
puck
struck
suck
yuck
awestruck
potluck
starstruck
moonstruck
Word Family Tales: The Day Duck's Truck Got Stuck (-uck) © Scholastic Teaching Resources
Explain to children that you are going to read a story that has many words with the -uck sound,
made by the letters U, C, and K. All these words belong to a group called a word family.