Make Waves

Read and write long-a-silent-e words and use a verb with multiple meanings (i.e., wave).

• wave
• wade
• gave
• came
• same
• tame
• make
• made

• Wave graphic (see below)
• Paper to make waves 
• Strips of fabric to make waves (optional)
• Word blending cards (see below)
• Make Waves target text (see below)
• Brave Dave target text (see below)

Overview

The children will make waves, wade in waves, and read words with the long-a-silent-e pattern, such as wave, gave, game, name, made, and wade.

Practice the skill within an activity
Make a paper wave and give a wave 

• State that wave can be movement of water or a greeting. 
• Let the children create a wave with a piece of paper (see graphics below).
• Wave to the children and let them wave to each other.
• Have the children write wave on paper waves.
• Let the children wave with their paper waves (e.g., “I gave you a wave with my wave.”).

Wade in waves

• Let the children move strips of paper or cloth up and down to make waves.
• Let other children wade through the waves.
• Make some waves be tame (gently move the waves up and down).
• Contrast tame waves with waves that are not tame.
• Let the children "wade" through waves that are tame and not tame.
• Say, “Don’t make waves” to ask children to stop waving the waves.

Apply the skill
Identify, blend and manipulate sounds

• With word blending cards (see below), have children make new words by changing the beginning or ending sound:
  • wave → brave; rave → pave; fame → name; tame → lame
  • cave → came; save → same; gave → game; make → made

Read target words and patterns introduced in the activity (see text below)

• Read the text Make Waves with the class.
• Have the children find words with the long-a-silent-e pattern.
• Read the text again, fading support. 

Write about the activity using target words and patterns

• Ask the children to write words from dictation: wave, gave, made, came, tame, wade, brave, and save. 
• Let the children write about what they did with waves (e.g., I made a wave be tame. We came to wade in tame waves.)

1. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.3.B: Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.
2. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.3.C: Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.