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Skippy Skunk
by Maria Fleming
illustrated by Jackie Snider
ISBN-13: 978-0-439-88466-2
ISBN-10: 0-439-88466-7
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Skippy Skunk
Phonics Tales: Skippy Skunk (sk) © Scholastic Teaching Resources

by Maria Fleming
illustrated by Jackie Snider
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Designed by Maria Lilja

ISBN-13: 978-0-439-88466-2 • ISBN-10: 0-439-88466-7
Copyright © 2006 by Scholastic Inc.
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First printing, December 2006

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Nice
skyscraper.
Phonics Fact
Sk is a blend. Blends
are two consonants
whose sounds are
blended together when
you say them. You can
hear the sk blend at the
beginning of Skippy,
skunk, skills, and sketch.
What other sk words can
you find in this story?
Look at the pictures, too!
Skippy Skunk has many skills. Skippy Skunk

can sketch pictures.
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Phonics Fact
Sometimes the sk blend
comes at the end of a
word, as in mask. Can
you find another word
on this page that ends
in the sk blend? Be on
the lookout for more!
(Answer: desk)
Skippy Skunk can make masks. Skippy Skunk

can do skits.
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I hope Skippy
doesn’t skid.
Brrrrr…the
air is brisk.
Skippy Skunk can skate. Skippy Skunk can ski.

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Skydiving is so fun!
Skippy Skunk can even skydive! But there is

one skill Skippy does not have.
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Tisk! Tisk! Someone

named Skippy should
know how to skip.
Skippy Skunk can not skip! Every time Skippy

tries to skip, he trips and skins his knee.
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Skip, skip, skip to my Lou,
Skip to my Lou, my darlin’.
One day, a skinny skunk in a purple skirt

skipped by. Her name was Skylar.
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You are a very skillful
skipper, Skylar.
Thanks, Skippy!
Skip, skip, skip

to my Lou…
“Can I ask you a favor?” said Skippy.

“Will you teach me to skip like you?”
“Sure,” said Skylar. “That will be an easy task.”
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Skippity, skippity,
skippity, skop.
A skip is a step with
a quick little hop!
Then Skylar taught Skippy a special

song to help him skip.
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Don’t skimp
on the hop.
Skippity, skippity,
skippity, skop . . .
Skippy sang Skylar’s skipping song as he

tried to skip. Skippy did not trip. Skippy did
not skin his knee.
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Skip-Skip-
Hooray!
Way to skip,
Skippy!
Skippy Skunk was skipping! Before long,

Skippy was skipping as skillfully as Skylar!
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I could sketch
Skylar a picture.
I could make
Skylar a mask.
Skippy wanted to thank Skylar for teaching

him to skip. But how?
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I have too many
feet to skip.
“I know!” said Skippy. “Skylar, would you

like to learn a new skill?”
“Sure,” said Skylar.
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The sky is pretty Skydiving is even
at dusk. more fun than
skipping!
So Skippy Skunk took Skylar skydiving.

Now they both have a brand new skill.
And a brand new friend!
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SK Riddles
Listen to the riddles. Then match each riddle with
the right sk word from the box. (Hint: Sometimes
the sk appears at the end of the word.)
Word Box
skip skinny skunk task sky

sketch skin desk skirt skis
1 Girls might wear this instead of pants or shorts.

2 It’s a job you have to do.
3 This animal can have a bad smell.
4 It’s usually blue and sometimes has clouds.
5 This covers your whole body.
6 It means the same thing as draw.
7 It is the opposite of fat.
8 This is where you sit at school.
9 It rhymes with trip.

10 You wear these to zip down a snowy mountain.
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Answers: 1. skirt 2. task 3. skunk 4. sky 5. skin 6. sketch 7. skinny 8. desk 9. skip 10. skis
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SK Cheer
Hooray for s-k, the best sound around!
Let’s holler s-k words all over town!

There’s skunk and skip and skit and mask.
There’s skin and sketch and desk and task.
There’s skate and sky and skill and dusk.
There’s skirt and skull and ski and tusk.
S-k, s-k, shout hip-hip-hooray,
For a sound that takes great skill to say!
Make a list of
sk other sk words.
Then use them
in your cheer.
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Phonics Tales: Skippy Skunk (sk) © Scholastic Teaching Resources

Designed by Maria Lilja

First printing, December 2006

Skippy Skunk has many skills. Skippy Skunk

Skippy Skunk can make masks. Skippy Skunk

Skippy Skunk can skate. Skippy Skunk can ski.

Phonics Tales: Skippy Skunk (sk) © Scholastic Teaching Resources

Skippy Skunk can even skydive! But there is

Tisk! Tisk! Someone

Skippy Skunk can not skip! Every time Skippy

Phonics Tales: Skippy Skunk (sk) © Scholastic Teaching Resources

One day, a skinny skunk in a purple skirt

Skip, skip, skip

“Can I ask you a favor?” said Skippy.

Then Skylar taught Skippy a special

Skippy sang Skylar’s skipping song as he

Phonics Tales: Skippy Skunk (sk) © Scholastic Teaching Resources

Skippy Skunk was skipping! Before long,

Skippy wanted to thank Skylar for teaching

“I know!” said Skippy. “Skylar, would you

So Skippy Skunk took Skylar skydiving.

Phonics Tales: Skippy Skunk (sk) © Scholastic Teaching Resources

1 Girls might wear this instead of pants or shorts.

9 It rhymes with trip.

Let’s holler s-k words all over town!

There’s skin and sketch and desk and task.

There’s skate and sky and skill and dusk.

There’s skirt and skull and ski and tusk.

S-k, s-k, shout hip-hip-hooray,

For a sound that takes great skill to say!

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