Free printable · Sound: ck ff ll ss
ck ff ll ss Decodable Story – Puff the Cat (Free Printable)
A short decodable story that practises the ck ff ll ss sound, plus a matching handwriting sheet. Every word can be sounded out by a child who has learned first sounds, apart from a few common tricky words.
Download the free PDF (2 pages, A4)Prints well in black and white. Free for home and classroom use.
For parents
- Read the story together three times this week. Your child colours a star each time.
- Point to each word as they read. Point out that two letters at the end of a word often make one sound: ck in duck, ll in bell, ss in moss, ff in puff.
- Hunt for the ck ff ll ss words and write six of them in the boxes.
- Finish with the tracing sheet: trace the grey words, then write each one on its own.
For teachers
- Fits a systematic synthetic phonics sequence at Set 1 · First sounds, after teaching the ck, ff, ll and ss spellings at the end of short words. Suits Foundation.
- Tracing sheet uses the VIC / WA / NT Beginners handwriting style.
- 41 words, 7 different ck ff ll ss words, short sentences.
- Use for small-group reading, repeated reading for fluency, or homework.
- Photocopy freely for your class.
ck ff ll ss words in this story
- fluff
- sniff
- sock
- hisses
- bell
- licks
- cross
Tricky words used
- has
- a
- the
- is
Common words that can't be fully sounded out yet. Practise them by sight.
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Practise ck ff ll ss with Digby
In Wombat Words, your child reads stories like this one aloud and Digby follows along, then they trace the tricky words in their school's handwriting style. You get a report showing which sounds they've mastered.