Overview 
The children will follow a plan to make a fan while they read and write words with -an ending to make words such as can, fan, man, and ran.

Literacy Activities
Make a fan

• Have children run in place with you, then comment that you need a fan because you feel hot.
• Read the Plan to Make a Fan story to the group.
• Help children make their own fan as you instruct them from the plan in the story.

Fan -an word cards

• Have the children choose a word card, read it aloud, and then sit at one end of a table. 
• Help the children fold the word card in half so that it can stand up alone.
• Let the children use a fan to blow the word card across the table.
• Repeat until all of the -an words have been used.
• Help the children make a list of the words from the game. 
• Emphasize blending beginning sounds with the -an ending to spell each word (e.g., f + an = fan).

More Practice
Read target words in a text

• Read the text Plan to Make a Fan story together as a class/group. 
• Have the children underline the words that end in -an.
• Read the text again, fading support.
• Have the children help you make a list of all of the -an words in the text. Emphasize the process of blending beginning sounds with the -an ending to spell each word (e.g., f + an = fan).

Write about the activity using target words

• Display target words on a word wall
• Refer the children to the word wall and have them write a sentence or two expressing ideas from a lesson activity or target text (e.g., I had a plan to make a fan).