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Target Words:

Materials:

-Ap Map (see example below)
Bottle caps (optional)
Paper signs with street names: Flap Street, Cap Street, Lap Street, Snap Street, and Clap Street

State the Objective

Tell the children that they will explore an -ap map as they rhyme, read, and write words that end with -ap, such as flap, gap, and cap.

Literacy Activities

Explore the -Ap Map

Say	Do
Look at our -Ap Map for Flap Street. Do you see Flap Street in -Ap Town?	Have the children flap their arms and say, “Flap, flap, flap.”
Look at our -Ap Map for Cap Street. Do you see Cap Street in -Ap Town?	Have the children tap bottle caps or tap an imaginary cap on their heads while saying, “Tap, tap, tap the cap.”
Look at our -Ap Map for Lap Street. Do you see Lap Street in -Ap Town?	Have the children sit cross-legged and tap their laps, saying, “Tap, tap, tap my lap.”
Look at our -Ap Map for Snap Street. Do you see Snap Street in -Ap Town?	Have the children snap their fingers in unison, saying, “Snap, snap, snap!”
Look at our -Ap Map for Clap Street. Do you see Clap Street in -Ap Town?	Have the children clap their hands to a rhythm.
We are almost to the end of our -Ap Map. Look at our -Ap Map for Nap Street.	Have the children pretend to take a nap.

Identify and generate -ap words

Have the children underline the ap endings on the map and read the street names.
Show children a list of -ap words from the lesson, and point out that they have the same ending.
Help the children read the list of -ap words.
Have the children draw their own -Ap Map using -ap words.

*ap map