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Creative Commons BY-NC Adapted from "The World Without Wheels" by Aniek Wijaya and Rama Indra. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Free STEM Decodable Reader with ck Words | Turn!

Practice Words

Words with the 'ck' digraph, representing the /k/ sound at the end of short vowel words.

clocks tick tock clicks stick
Page 1
A girl looks at an orange jeep, a bicycle wheel, and a yellow bicycle, learning about wheels and transportation.

Wheels are on a lot of things. They make them tick.

Page 2
A girl in a red skirt stands on a skateboard looking up at a blue ferris wheel with circus tents in the background.

Some wheels are small and some wheels are big!

Page 3
A clock face showing the time with golden mechanical gears and parts displayed below, illustrating how clocks work.

Clocks have wheels in them. They make them tick and tock.

Page 4
A girl pulls a wagon with toys while watching a yellow excavator, windmill, and airplane in a rural farm landscape.

We see a lot of wheels when we go to farms and work sites. It clicks just how many wheels we use.

Page 5
A colorful collection of vehicles, machines, and people including trains, cars, planes, ships, bicycles, windmill, and various activities.

There are wheels all over the world in in trains, fans and toys.

Page 6
Outline drawings of vehicles and machines with colorful people figures, showing passengers and workers interacting with transportation.

But what if we had no wheels? How would we get by?

Page 7
A worried girl surrounded by floating everyday objects including umbrella, clock, TV, keys, phone, magnifying glass, and household items.

There are a lot of things that we could not make with no wheels.

Page 8
Village life scenes showing people farming rice with water buffalo, weaving on looms, grinding food, and a girl leading a goat.

We would have to make things by hand. We would move goods on animals.

Page 9
A busy village market scene with a girl chasing her runaway goat while villagers, horses, and an elephant gather around.

It might sound fun, but it can be hard to work with animals.

Page 10
A bustling ancient marketplace with canals, bridges, boats, elephants, giraffes, and many people trading goods in a colorful city scene.

We would have to go back to the old ways with boats and carts.

Page 11
A girl watches colorful hot air balloons floating in the sky while a woman with a goat stands near a balloon basket.

We would miss out on some things, but not all.

Page 12
A girl plays a flute while riding in a hot air balloon basket with a goat and man, floating high above the clouds.

And with no wheels, we would have no smog!

Page 13
Two views of the same girl in red skirt - one in traditional clothes with a goat, another in modern clothes with a skateboard.

Which life would you like? To stick with wheels or get rid of them?

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