Lesson 52: The nk Pattern
STEP 1: Phonological Awareness

Blending (4 sounds)
sink, bank, trunk

Segmenting (4 sounds)
pink, tank, dunk

STEP 3: Auditory Drill
ng
a
i

STEP 5: Word Building
wing
song
lung
king
long

STEP 6: New Concept
Remember the ng sound humming through the nose? Whenever n comes right before k, the n automatically borrows the /ng/ sound, so nk together says /ngk/. Say "sink" slowly: /s/ /i/ /ngk/. Can you hear the /ng/ hiding right before the /k/?

STEP 10 — Dictated Sentence
"Frank has a tank on his shelf."