ShortGarden Detectives · Case 10
The Clock That Knocked
Short O · Level 1
Short O CVC words and the -ock, -ot, and -op families
Before reading
Open the case file
Hear the focus words
Read and investigate
The Clock That Knocked
Natural read-along narration · AmeliaPress Read with Amelia, or choose a sentence to begin.
Dot the dog had a clock on top of a box. Every hour, it made a knock. The clock was not made to knock. Dot and Sam stopped to inspect it.
A small rock sat in the box. When the clock hand moved, the box gave a hop. The rock hit the box with a knock. Dot took the rock out.
At the next hour, the clock went tick-tock with no knock. The odd clock case was solved.
Check the evidence
Can you solve the case?
Choose the answer that is supported by the story.
What really happened?
A loose rock rolled inside the box whenever the clock moved it.
For adults
Use evidence, not guesses
Ask the learner to point to the sentence that proves each answer. If decoding is effortful, reread one paragraph at a time. A fluent second reading is more valuable than rushing to the next story.