State the Objective
Tell the children that they will let E letters enter envelopes and then empty every envelope as they associate the short-e sound with the letter E.
 

Literacy Activities
Make Es enter and exit an envelope

• Write and name an uppercase E and lowercase e.
• Comment that E and e make the short-e sound.
• Have the children write E and e on small pieces of paper
• Show an envelope with an E on it.

• Let the children make every E enter the envelope by putting the Es they 

  wrote inside. 

   

• Allow the children to empty the envelope.
• Comment:
  • “Empty the envelope!”
  • “The Es exit the envelope.”
  • “Empty every E from the envelope.”
  • “The envelope is empty!”

Let a small envelope enter and exit a big envelope

• Have the children write E on a big envelope and e on a small envelope.
• Show the children how the little envelope can enter the big envelope.
• Empty the big envelope by making the little envelope exit the big envelope.
• Comment on how E makes the /e/ sound:
  • “/E/, /e/, /e/, enter an envelope.”
  • “/E/, /e/, /e/, Es exit an envelope!”
  • “Every envelope is /e/, /e/, /e/, empty.”