State and Model the Objective
The children will trace a face and then read and write words that end with -ace, such as face, trace, lace, space, place, and pace.
 
Literacy Activities 
Trace a lace to make a face

• Give the children shoelaces, or strings with masking-tape tips, and the picture of a face (found below) to trace.
• Tell the children to find a space to trace.
• Have the children trace the edge and parts of the face with the laces’ tips.

Create a new face

• Invite the children to make a new face by using a lace to make the outline of a face and then tracing around the lace.
• Ask the children to use a lace to make a mouth on the face and to then trace around it.
• Have the children draw two eyes and a nose to complete the face.

Trace a face and -ace words

• Let the children trace the faces on the Trace a Silly Face page (found below).
• Have the children label each face by writing face.
• Give the children the word-tracing cards (found below) and have them read the words after they’ve traced them.

Pace around a face

• Help the children make a large, oval face shape on the floor with the laces.
• Have the children put down the large face parts (found below) to complete the face.
• Read the song "Pace Around a Face" to the tune of "Happy and You Know It" with the children and invite them to sing the song as they pace around the face.

Build Words

• With the word-building cards (found below), help the children make new words.
  • Change the beginning consonant(s): face→ lace, pace→ race, trace→ space
  • Change the ending consonant: face→ fade, race→ rate, pace→ pane

Read target words in texts

• Engage the children in reading the text Trace a Lace to Make a Face (found below).
• Have the children make a list of the words in the text that use the -ace pattern.
• Read the text together again, fading support.
• Repeat with the "Pace Around a Face" song.

Write about the activity using target words and patterns

• Help the children create a word wall of -ace words (e.g., face, lace, trace, pace, place, space)
• Have children use words from the word wall as they write about tracing (e.g., “I can trace a face”).