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1 Let's look together
Read bank with your adult. Listen carefully to the sounds at the end. In this word the letter n comes just before k.
Now say sink. It has n before k too. Keep the ending when you blend; do not leave the k sound out.
banksinkpinkn before k
Look, point and talk with your adult.
2 Watch how I do it
My adult models bank slowly, then naturally. I point to n and k. I read the whole word and say, 'We sat on the river bank.'
3 Your turn
Which letter comes just before k in pink?
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Let's check together
n. Read pink with your adult and listen to the ending.
4 Try it away from the page
Read bank, sink and pink together. Find n before k each time. Say a sentence with one of the words.
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Adult notes · prerequisites, safety and coverage
N represents /ŋ/ before k here. The ending /ŋk/ contains two phonemes: do not label nk as one phoneme. Bank means the side of a river in this lesson; other meanings exist. Follow the child's taught phonics sequence. An adult models unfamiliar sounds, reads instructions and explains meanings. Revisit a few words at a time; do not guess from pictures.
Read instructions aloud. Word-reading practice must match the child's taught sounds. The phonics pages support, but do not replace, the school's systematic synthetic phonics programme. Shared stories are adult-read unless the child can decode them. Re-read and practise daily.
Connect taught sounds and spellings for decoding.
Blend and reread words matched to taught sound-spelling knowledge.
Practise Year 1 spelling patterns, prefixes and endings.