State the Objective
Tell the children that they will add flaps, straps, and snaps to a paper cap while they learn about -ap words, such as cap, snap, flap, and strap. 
 

Literacy Activities
Make a paper cap 

• Let the children help make a cap out of scraps of paper (see charts and example images below).

• If using a stapler, point out how it makes a “snap” sound as you attach a flap, strap, or snap.

   

  Teacher Does	Teacher Says
  Cut a slit into the center of a round or oval piece of paper.	I made a flap for a cap with a scrap of paper!
  Overlap the flap and secure it with staples, paper clips, glue, or tape.	Snap! I can make a cap from a scrap.
  Attach the flaps (see below).	I added a flap to the cap. I put another flap on the cap. Snap!
  Attach straps (see below).	Put a strap on the flap of the cap. Put a strap on the other flap of the cap. Snap!
  Attach paper snaps (see below).	Put a snap on a strap. Put a snap on the other strap. Snap!
  Hold up the cap.	A cap! It has a flap, a strap, and a snap. And it has another flap, strap, and snap.
  Put the cap on your lap and pretend to take a nap.	I have a cap! I will put the cap on my lap and take a nap.

Make a cap by folding a flap 

• Let the children help make a simple cap by folding a scrap of paper (see chart and example images below).

• Snap your fingers and say “snap” as you make the cap and add snaps.
   

  Teacher Does	Teacher Says
  Cut a slit into the center of a round or oval piece of paper and overlap the edges to make a cone-shaped cap.	A scrap of paper! I made a flap. And I made a cap! Snap!
  Cut two small slits a finger’s width apart where the cap’s edges overlap. Cut through both layers of paper.	I cut a little flap in the cap. Snap!
  Fold the flaps between the slits together so the cap holds its shape.	I fold under the little flap to make the cap. Snap!
  Draw snaps on the cap.	We have snaps on the cap. Snap!
  Hold up the cap to show the snaps.	A cap! It has snaps.
  Put the cap on your lap and pretend to take a nap.	I have a cap! I will put the cap on my lap and take a nap.

Read Make a Cap 

• Display the Make a Cap target text (see below).
• Read the text with the children, emphasizing the -ap words.
• Help the children find and read words that end in ap.

Write on a cap

• Display a list of -ap words (e.g., snap, cap, flap, nap, strap, lap, map, tap).
• Read the list of words with the children.

• Help the children write the words lap, map, tap, and cap on a cap.